Fairness Quotes

• Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.

  John Wooden

  Mean, People, Giving

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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

  Equality, Men, Asks

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.57, Wildside Press LLC

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• A fair-minded person tries to see both sides of an argument.

  Aesop

  Men, Trying, Sides

  "Aesops Fables: A Collection of Aesop's Fables".

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• Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised.

  Brit Hume

  Attitude, Skills, Literature

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• It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Leadership, Loyalty

  Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (1990). “Eleanor Roosevelt's My Day: The post-war years, her acclaimed columns, 1945-1952”, 1990.

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• Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Relationship

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (2000). “Life's Instructions for Wisdom, Success, and Happiness”, p.83, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don't let them drag you into the mud.

  Richard Branson

  Dirty, Play, Mud

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• Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wisdom, Peace, Kings

  "Letter from Birmingham Jail," 16 Apr. 1963

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• All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

  Aristotle

  Character, People, Vices

  Aristotle (1953). “Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics”

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

  Wes Fesler

  Men, Prejudice, Rise Above

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• There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.

  Pope John Paul II

  Peace, Justice, Solidarity

  Pope John Paul II's Message for the celebration of XXXIII World Day of Peace, w2.vatican.va. December 8, 1999.

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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

  Boards, Requirements, Treats

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• The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

  Abigail Van Buren

  Life, Friendship, Family

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• It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Family, Crazy

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.180, Courier Corporation

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• Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

  Victor Hugo

  Easy, Difficult, Be Good

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• Win or lose, do it fairly.

  Knute Rockne

  Motivational Sports, Winning, Nfl

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

  Emma Goldman

  Weakness, Opponents

  Emma Goldman (2011). “Living My Life (Two Volumes in One)”, p.689, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Fairness is what justice really is.

  Potter Stewart

  Justice

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• No matter who or what you support, I believe in supporting fairness first.

  Jennette McCurdy

  Believe, Support, Matter

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Fairness means not to use fraud and trickery in the exchange of commodities and services and the exchange of feelings.

  Erich Fromm

  Mean, Feelings, Use

  Erich Fromm (2000). “The Art of Loving: The Centennial Edition”, p.117, A&C Black

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• Character is made up of core moral principles called the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, caring, fairness and citizenship. Each of these virtues are independently important but together they provide the foundation for a worthy life.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Responsibility, Caring

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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

  Life, Cynical, Good Things

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.57, Wordsworth Editions

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• Fairness does not consist so much of everybody's doing the same thing, but of everybody's being willing to do something that others don't want to do.

  Judith Martin

  Doe, Want, Willing

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• We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.

  Ronald Reagan

  Freedom, Blessed, Fighting

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches”, p.279, Simon and Schuster

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• Children learn what they live.
  If a child lives with criticism... he learns to condemn.
  If he lives with hostility... he learns to fight.
  If he lives with ridicule... he learns to be shy.
  If he lives with shame... he learns to be guilty.
  If he lives with tolerance... he learns confidence.
  If he lives with praise... he learns to appreciate.
  If he lives with fairness... he learns about justice

  Dorothy Nolte

  Children, Fighting, Appreciate

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