George Vecsey Quotes

In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.

If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.

He who slings mud generally loses ground.

[Benjamin Franklin's life was:] ... one continued insult to good manners and decency.

Sir, the gentleman soils the spot he stands on.

God loveth not the speaking ill of any one in public.

An inquiry is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

I don't talk to scum.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

I am at heart a gentleman.

Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.

It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about.

Decency is the least of all laws, but yet it is the law which is most strictly observed.

I have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't say anything a dignified man won't say.

What is called for is dignity. We need to set an example.

Speak slowly, Michael. He is an honourable man.

Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say, he obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.

Gentlemen don't do that.

I just will not—I refuse—to get into the gutter with that guy.

Respect and a gentlemanly character - those are marks of a Nebraskan.

You have to be a low-class scumbag to start calling a woman a name. If you're a man, you should never. You should be a gentleman.

Bowing and showing respect - I don't give nothing about none of that. I'm just coming in and fighting.

Listen, I'm a gentleman at the end of the day.