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Fairness Quotes

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There can be no such thing as 'fairness in taxation.' Taxation is nothing but organized theft, and the concept of a 'fair tax' is therefore every bit as absurd as that of 'fair theft.'
Murray Rothbard

Authors on Fairness Quotes: William Shakespeare Eli Siegel Donald Trump Rush Limbaugh Judith Martin Oscar Wilde Rob Bell Ulpian John Bercow Christian Karembeu Leo Hindery Barbara Jordan Patricia Ireland Sophocles Moon Jae-in Wang Jianwei John F. Kerry Deepak Chopra George Chapman Tim Scott Michael Josephson Aristophanes Freya Stark Addison Wiggin Francis Bacon L. Todd Rose Yingluck Shinawatra Joan Crawford Bill Watterson George Voinovich Abraham Lincoln Paul Scofield Robert Pollin
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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
Abraham Lincoln

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Inclusion and fairness in the workplace . . . is not simply the right thing to do; it's the smart thing to do.
Alexis Herman

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Justice delayed is justice denied.
William E. Gladstone

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I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable.
Paul Scofield

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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
Jack Dempsey

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I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
Bill Watterson

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There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
Pope John Paul II

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Conscience is the chamber of justice.
Origen

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But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.
Mel Torme

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I will do everything by apply with all the legal and apply with the rule of law. And the main important thing that I have to be fairness to everyone, not just only one person.
Yingluck Shinawatra

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Justice as fairness provides what we want.
John Rawls

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Virtuous and fair, royal and gracious.
William Shakespeare

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Justice, though due to the accused, is due the accuser also. The concept of fairness cannot be strained till it is narrowed to a filament. We are to keep our balance true.
Benjamin Cardozo

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Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.
Victor Hugo

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If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
Francis Bacon

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Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.
William J. Brennan

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I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.
Jon Krakauer

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Fairness is man's ability to rise above his prejudices.
Wes Fesler

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Fairness through leveling is the essence of Obamaism.
Charles Krauthammer

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Fairness is what justice really is.
Potter Stewart

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Fairness and justice will be the base of my government.
Moon Jae-in

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Lack of fairness to an opponent is essentially a sign of weakness.
Emma Goldman

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If we expect others to rely on our fairness and justice we must show that we rely on their fairness and justice.
Calvin Coolidge

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I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization.
Byron Dorgan

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Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you.
William Shakespeare

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Nothing can be truly great which is not right.
Samuel Johnson

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Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
Oscar Wilde

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Fairness is not about statistical equality.
John Bercow

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I will end the history of division and conflict through reconciliation and fairness.
Park Geun-hye

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Fair and softly goes far.
Miguel de Cervantes

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Art is a way of showing greater fairness to things than is customary.
Eli Siegel

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fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.
Agnes Repplier

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The ancient Hebrews had a word for this awareness of the importance of things. They called it kavod. Kavod originally was a business term, referring to the heaviness of something, which was crucial in weights and measures and the maintaining of fairness in transactions. Over time the word began to take on a more figurative meaning, referring to the importance and significance of something.
Rob Bell

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Remember,the press is a business: Newspapers and magazines are in business to make money - sometimes at the expense of accuracy, fairness and even the truth.
Michael Jackson

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Thou shouldst not decide until thou hast heard what both have to say.
Aristophanes

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Fair words never hurt the tongue.
George Chapman

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If you treat me fairly, I'll give you all my goods.
Alicia Keys

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Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now
Sue Monk Kidd

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If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.
Arthur C. Brooks

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I once did hold it, as our statists do, A baseness to write fair, and labour'd much How to forget that learning; but, sir, now It did me yeoman's service.
William Shakespeare

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Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I'm one of those people.
Al Green

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The universe had an odd sense of fairness; it took away things one did not want to give up, and then gave things one did not ask for.
Laila Lalami

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Originality in art puts charm where it wasn't.
Eli Siegel

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Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other ...Fairness treats everbody the same.
Barbara Jordan

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To be a good manager of people requires both fairness and bluntness.
James Cook

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The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality.
Judith Martin

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The Fairness Project is endeavoring to try to do what we can to make a fairer society.
Mike Lowry

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Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.
Tim Scott

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Art can make the old surprising, and the new and sudden soothing.
Eli Siegel