Fairness Quotes - Page 18

• Sports events do not really exist at all unless there is a certain order and fairness - justice in each event.

  Michael Novak

  Sports, Order, Justice

  Michael Novak (1993). “The Joy of Sports: End Zones, Bases, Baskets, Balls, and the Consecration of the American Spirit”, p.357, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company, willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.

  E. O. Wilson

  Winning, Order, Atmosphere

  "Wilson says selfish people, altruistic groups win: interview". Bloomberg News Interview, www.dailyherald.com. April 17, 2012.

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• It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right.

  David Plouffe

  Country, People, Doe

  "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. September 25, 2011.

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• The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

  William Lyon Phelps

  Life, Respect, Justice

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• Fairness' is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word is a blank check for the expansion of government power. What fairness means in practice is that third parties -- busybodies -- can prevent mutual accommodations by others.

  Thomas Sowell

  Party, Mean, Equality

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Ever Wonder Why?: and Other Controversial Essays”, p.225, Hoover Press

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• I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many people. And the great majority of people I meet are decent people, just trying to navigate their way through the world without causing too much trouble.

  Michael Palin

  People, Trying, Quality

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

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• It is emphatically the case that life could not arise spontaneously in a primeval soup of any kind.... Furthermore, no geological evidence indicates an organic soup ever existed on this planet. We may therefore with fairness call this scenario the myth of the pre-biotic soup.

  Fred Hoyle

  Soup, May, Evolution

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• I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense - the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were the elements that made a story satisfying to me.

  Francine Pascal

  Loyalty, Daughter, Mother

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• Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.

  Edmund Burke

  Compassion, Justice, Tolerance

  Edmund Burke (1853). “The speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: with memoir and historical introductions”, p.386

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• Recent breakthroughs in science show we have just the capacities we need to face our planet's challenges. We're "soft-wired" for cooperation, empathy, fairness, along with a deep need to "make a dent," as social philosopher Erich Fromm put it. My hunch is that one reason depression is a global pandemic is that the dominant mental map denies so many of us expression of these deep needs and capacities.

  Frances Moore Lappé

  Compassion, Expression, Empathy

  "Frances Moore Lappe on Creating an Ecology of Hope". Interview with Mark Karlin, www.truth-out.org. December 26, 2011.

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• The Tenth Commandment sends a message to socialists, to egalitarians, to people obsessed with fairness, to American presidential candidates in the year 2000 - to everyone who believes that wealth should be redistributed. And that message is clear and concise: Go to Hell.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Believe, Years, America

  P. J. O'Rourke (2011). “Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics”, p.160, Pan Macmillan

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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

  Liberty, Taxation, Economics

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• There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

  Anwar Sadat

  Family, Justice, Diversity

  Anwar Sadat (1978). “In Search of Identity: An Autobiography”, New York : Harper & Row

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• Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Honesty, Self Esteem, Integrity

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• Of course, in fairness, I must remind you of this: that we writers are the most lily-livered of all craftsmen. We expect more, for the most peewee efforts, than any other people.

  Brenda Ueland

  People, Effort, Lilies

  Brenda Ueland (1987). “If You Want to Write”

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• Begun as a girl from a little country town in central western Queensland, inspired by noble ideas of justice, about fairness, about making the world a better place.

  Quentin Bryce

  Girl, Education, Country

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• In other words, let's face it: Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that's unfair, I think it's possible to seek out a kind of fairness. Of course, that might take time and effort. And maybe it won't seem to be worth all that. It's up to each individual to decide whether or not it is.

  Haruki Murakami

  Thinking, Effort, Might

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• Fairness means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.

  Rick Riordan

  Mean, Needs, Way

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.

  Rick Riordan

  Mean, Doe, Needs

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• Fair play is a jewel.

  Walter Scott

  Jewels, Play, Justice

  Sir Walter Scott (2014). “Redgauntlet”, p.438, Jazzybee Verlag

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• To excuse what can really produce good excuses is not Christian charity; it is only fairness. To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable in you.

  C. S. Lewis

  Christian, Mean, Forgiving

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• [D]id you really expect fairness on the environmental issue? For a swathe of reporters, this is not a matter of empirical reporting; it's a matter of faith. Bush cannot be pro-environment because he's Bush.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Issues, Environmental, Politics

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• Fairness is not about statistical equality.

  John Bercow

  Fairness And Equality

  "The Saturday interview: John Bercow". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2011.

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• A man who deals in fairness with his own, he can make manifest justice in the state.

  Sophocles

  Men, Justice, States

  Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus”, p.45, University of Chicago Press

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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

  Giving, Fame, Paraphrase

  "Into the Wild". www.imdb.com. 2007.

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