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• ...fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die." "Strangers," the Blue Man said, "are just family you have yet to come to know." "sacrifice is a part of life. it is supposed to be. it's not something to regret. it's something to aspire to. little sacrifices. big sacrifices. a mother works so her son can go to school. a daughter moves home to take care of her sick father. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. you're just passing it on to someone else.

  Mitch Albom

  Mother, Daughter, Regret

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• Since this is an era when many people are concerned about 'fairness' and 'social justice,' what is your 'fair share' of what someone else has worked for?

  Thomas Sowell

  People, Justice, Political

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.397, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That's something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. That's different. When they [Conservative right wing Republicans] talk about values, they're talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.

  Bill Maher

  Jesus, Kindness, Thinking

  "Real Time with Bill Maher", November 5, 2004.

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• The law, for all its failings, has a noble goal - to make the little bit of life that people can actually control more just. We can't end disease or natural disasters, but we can devise rules for our dealings with one another that fairly weigh the rights and needs of everyone, and which, therefore, reflect our best vision of ourselves.

  Scott Turow

  Rights, Law, People

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• I tell them I have worked 40 years to make the W.S. platform broad enough for Atheists and Agnostics to stand upon, and now if need be I will fight the next 40 to keep it Catholic enough to permit the straightest Orthodox religionist to speak or pray and count her beads upon. (on women's suffrage)

  Susan B. Anthony

  Atheist, Fighting, Years

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• The move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a 'fairness' issue, is the typical 'wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' ploy so often used by governments unwilling to cut expenditures to match revenues. It matters not whether its proponents have a 'D' or an 'R' after their name. It is a tax increase in either case.

  Bob Barr

  Moving, Cutting, Names

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• Come, go with us, speak fair; you may salve so,
  Not what is dangerous present, but the los
  Of what is past.

  William Shakespeare

  Past, May, Speak

  William Shakespeare (2009). “Three Classical Tragedies”, p.476, Bantam Classics

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• Obedience is, indeed, founded on a kind of freedom, else it would become mere subjugation, but that freedom is only granted that obedience may be more perfect; and thus while a measure of license is necessary to exhibit the individual energies of things, the fairness and pleasantness and perfection of them all consist in their restraint.

  John Ruskin

  Perfect, May, Energy

  John Ruskin (1866). “The seven lamps of architecture”, p.166

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• Because we don't have a Fairness Doctrine, and because we have further media consolidation, and because we have a craptastic corporate media, WE DON'T HAVE NEWS! We don't have an informed populous and we don't have a democracy... Everyone in the world knows that America, (in its current state, because of right-wingers) that the right wing arm of this country (that speaks for this country unfortunately) has no credibility when it comes to human rights or independent media.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Country, Independent, Media

  "The Majority Report" with Janeane Garofalo, April 21, 2005.

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• My area of research is something that in all fairness has no practical usability whatsoever and the thing is I'm often asked to apologize for that. It is interesting to me that people ask 'what's the point of doing that if it's not useful?' But they never ask that, or do they very rarely ask that about art or literature or music. Those things are not gonna produce a better toaster.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Art, People, Interesting

  YouTube Channel "Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science"/"Lawrence Krauss Discussion (1/12) - Richard Dawkins", www.youtube.com. April 14, 2008.

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• Justice as fairness provides what we want.

  John Rawls

  Justice, Want

  John RAWLS (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.190, Harvard University Press

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• But there are a couple of places where it is clear to me that there should be no ambiguity of corporate responsibility - the environment and civil rights, .. As a corporation, you cannot let the desire for unanimity override your obligation for fairness.

  Leo Hindery

  Couple, Responsibility, Rights

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• This is so classic. Government comes along under the guise of fairness, fixes something, gonna make it fair, gonna make it equal, gonna make it affordable, maybe even make it free. What they end up doing is blowing it all to hell, screwing it up worse than it's ever been screwed up, then their voters bellyache and complain about it. And the same Democrats come back and demand that something be done, because their voters need a second chance.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Second Chance, Government, Done

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• But in fairness also to the idea of continuing success, you also have to exploit opportunities.

  Bob Cousy

  Sports, Opportunity, Ideas

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• In this role my wish is to build our understanding of what it means to protect the rights and human dignity of all Australians. Upholding human rights is about looking out for each other, taking the idea of fairness seriously. And it goes to the heart of who we are as a nation.

  Mick Dodson

  Heart, Mean, Rights

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• Our participation in the single market, and our ability to help set its rules is the principal reason for our membership of the EU. So it is a vital interest for us to protect the integrity and fairness of the single market for all its members.

  David Cameron

  Integrity, Membership, Helping

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• Life's not fair; why should I be?

  Margaret Atwood

  Should, Fairs, Not Fair

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• Fairness has not been enhanced by the tax code, but lobbyists have been made rich, politicians have been re-elected, and the economy has been made to suffer.

  Jim Bridenstine

  Suffering, Lobbyists, Rich

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• There'll be no more big powers and oppressed poor - only fairness and justice for all, and eternal happiness. So if you're looking for the perfect city and the perfect government in the perfect country with perfect people, just wait a little while longer - it's coming

  David Berg

  Country, Government, Justice For All

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• I think it's true that we shouldn't apply a strict litmus test and the most important thing in any judge is their capacity to provide fairness and justice to the American people.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Judging, People

  "McCain, Obama go head to head in last debate". edition.cnn.com. October 15, 2008.

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• In all fairness to the auction companies ? most companies are not car experts, they are marketers. I caution buyers to make sure that they have done their homework before they raise their hand and not after.

  Mark Hyman, M.D.

  Hands, Car, Auctions

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• Who is Silvia What is she, That all our swains commend her Holy, fair, and wise is she.

  William Shakespeare

  Wise, Holy, Fairs

  'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' (1592-3) act 4, sc. 2, l. 40

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• The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are often even lower than the city averages, and spending levels in the wealthiest suburban areas are daunting challenges to any hope New Yorkers might retain that even semblances of fairness still prevail.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Teacher, New York, Children

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• Quality of life is the sum total of the fairness of our tax structure; the caliber of our homes; the cleanliness of our air and water; and the provision of affirmative assistance to those who cannot assist themselves. True quality is absent if we allow social suffering to abide in an otherwise pristine environment.

  Tom McCall

  Home, Oregon, Air

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• She says I am not fair, that I lack manners;
  She calls me proud, and that she could not love me,
  Were man as rare as Phoenix.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Phoenix, Proud

  William Shakespeare (2013). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare In Plain and Simple English”, p.2682, BookCaps Study Guides

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