Even many good and decent statesmen with pure intentions all too frequently find power seductive.
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There are more good and decent people in the world than hateful ones.
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At its mid to lower levels, there are good and decent people at the IRS, just doing a job.
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That the world is, in fact, filled with mostly good and decent people who are simply doing the best they can.
"More than that, he was a good and decent man -- and a dear friend, " Bush said in a statement released by his office.
You see this with Ron Paul, who has very good and decent positions on foreign intervention and the security state, but who is way off in crazy Austrian land when it comes to economics and goldbuggery.
We have such good and decent people who, on a day-to-day basis, are finding all kinds of ways to live together and educate kids and grow their communities and improve their communities and create businesses and work together to create great new products and services.
Other factors, such as location, a good MC and decent meal options are more important for getting participants in the door week after week.
But people around here already have good salaries and decent lives.
Most people are good and they're decent and they're trying to do the right thing.
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In the heyday of urban ethnic immigration, even anti-Semites allowed that Jews were good at selling drygoods and producing movies, just as Irish Catholics were known to keep a good saloon and walk a decent beat.
Having finally arrived to a warm fanfare in Australia's east-coast city of Brisbane, Domjan relates that his greatest pleasures on dry land are simply a good meal and a decent night's sleep.
We will do everything we can, but at the end of the day it will come down to the good sense of decent and ordinary people.
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Our pace is good and we can have a decent race with the Renaults.
There are many good, decent, honorable men and women who are stockbrokers and investment advisers.
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Working with the CWU, Royal Mail - unlike many private mail companies - has created good quality, and secure jobs with decent pay, terms and conditions.
For a decent dividend and a good chance of capital gains, have a bite of Cracker Barrel.
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If you worked hard, chances are you'd have a job for life, with a decent paycheck, and good benefits, and the occasional promotion.
When working families are doing well, when they're getting a decent wage and they're getting decent benefits, that means they're good customers for businesses. (Applause.) That means they can buy the cars that you build. (Applause.) That means that you can buy the food from the farmers.
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All across America are good, decent folks who meet their obligations each and every day.
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The Z10, the first handset to take advantage of the new operating system, has earned decent to good reviews, though reviewers and consumers alike seem intent on holding out for its counterpart, the Q10, which harnesses that core competency that has helped the company maintain so many loyal users: the QWERTY keyboard.
The latter is adamant that it accepts no government funding, while the former does get money from the American taxpayer (and is committed to the view that American leadership is a good thing for liberty), though it has a decent track record of criticising the United States and its friends where appropriate.
"I played halfway decent today and hit a lot of good shots, " he told Sky Sports.
But the car has head-turning good looks, decent practicality thanks to its large hatch, and storage space where there is a microscopic back seat in other markets.
Mr. FIKES: I mean, there has been a steady loss of jobs in Michigan, good paying jobs that provide some form of health care and provide some decent ability to retire with some dignity.
But because Hank is decent, and the show is on the side of good, Hank triumphs.
He is a very good captain and with the resources he had he has built up a very decent team.
Before, business travelers were interested in only three things from a hotel -- a decent night's sleep, a shower and a good breakfast.
And when I'm gone from the presidency, because I'll have a good pension, and if, God willing, I stay healthy, a decent income, the same thing would happen.
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Mark Cato, a lawyer who writes a popular blog, is hoping for a decent bottle of Bollinger, a log fire and a good cigar, surrounded by his family.
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