Even many good and decent statesmen with pure intentions all too frequently find power seductive.
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Shame for failing to remember that we are Americans, and as such, we are good and decent people.
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.
Plenty of Americans thought President Carter was a good and decent man too but by election day Mr. Reagan had persuaded them that his rival just wasn't up to the job.
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.
Together we must support the dreams of good and decent people who are working to transform a troubled region and by doing so, we will advance the high ideals on which this institution was founded.
"We are fighting to maintain the way of life enjoyed by free nations, and we are fighting for the possibility that good and decent people across the Middle East can raise up societies based on freedom and tolerance and personal dignity, " Bush said.
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.
BBC's 24-hour news channel, launched a year and a half ago on the grounds that it is not very good, and that there is a perfectly decent private-sector product, Sky News, which is being battered by the publicly financed competition.
So, yes, as a lawyer, I agree not all TSA employees are criminals and the majority are good, honest, decent folks.
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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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All across Minnesota, the quiet, decent people who believe in Good Government and Working Together to Resolve Differences are leaning forward in disbelief at the thought that the next Governor of their state might be THIS GREAT BIG HONKING BULLET-HEADED SHOVEL-FACED MUTHA WHO TALKS IN A STEROID GROWL AND DOESN'T STOP.
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.
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