decent person

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No, one good decent person; a good man.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

“The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt,” Orwell wrote, “is that it is possible to be a normal decent person and yet to be fully alive.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

American politicians have threatened to do the same - and UK Trade Minister Chris Bryant said on Friday morning he should attend if asked to do so, as any "decent person" would.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

I don’t like many of her politics, but I do trust that she is a principled and decent person.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2025

He said Charles had good taste, that I was the most decent person he knew, then he went to bed.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover