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Fairness Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “I would like my kids to inherit a world where people succeed because of merit and hard work, not entitlement, and where people accept others for what they are and not try to change them.”

Guy Kawasaki

Success, Values, Merit, Acceptance, Fairness

2. “Don’t ask people to do something you wouldn’t.”

Guy Kawasaki

Ethics, Integrity, Leadership, Fairness, Values

3. “When you’re in Hollywood and you’re a comedian, everybody wants you to do other things. All right, you’re a stand-up comedian, can you write us a script? That’s not fair. That’s like if I worked hard to become a cook, and I’m a really good cook, they’d say, “OK, you’re a cook. Can you farm?””

Mitch Hedberg

Hollywood, Comedian, Career, Fairness, Talent

4. “Plants of great vigor will almost always struggle into blossom, despite impediments. But there should be encouragement, and a free genial atmosphere for those of more timid sort, fair play for each in its own kind.”

Margaret Fuller

Growth, Perseverance, Encouragement, Nature, Fairness

5. “Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.”

Sam Walton

Equality, Opportunity, Retail, Access, Fairness

6. “If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in our country is unjust and outdated.”

Jimmy Carter

Death Penalty, Justice, Doubt, System, Fairness

7. “Our Income Tax System is a disgrace to the human race.”

Jimmy Carter

Taxes, System, Disgrace, Humanity, Fairness

8. “I let God be the judge and I believe that we worship a just and fair God who won’t punish innocent people unnecessarily.”

Jimmy Carter

God, Justice, Faith, Fairness, Judgment

9. “In many courts, plea bargaining serves the convenience of the judge and the lawyers, not the ends of justice, because the courts simply lack the time to give everyone a fair trial.”

Jimmy Carter

Justice, Courts, Law, Plea Bargaining, Fairness

10. “The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.”

Jimmy Carter

Government, Politics, Leadership, Fairness, Society

11. “The heart and mind of every Muslim is affected by whether or not the Israel-Palestine issue is dealt with fairly.”

Jimmy Carter

Muslim, Israel-Palestine, Fairness, Conflict, Justice

12. “I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice.”

Jack Ma

Media, Objectivity, Fairness, Journalism, Reporting

13. “It's not that other countries steal jobs from you guys. It's your strategy. Distribute the money and things in a proper way.”

Jack Ma

Economy, Strategy, Fairness, Policy, Globalization

14. “I want to stress the importance of being fair to our readers. You should not impose your own view and prejudice on the readers and try to lead them to a conclusion. As a reader, I understand what a fair report is.”

Jack Ma

Media, Fairness, Journalism, Objectivity, Integrity

15. “A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.”

Pythagoras

Justice, Fairness, Wisdom, Virtue, Morality

16. “It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good.”

Pythagoras

Justice, Defense, Fairness, Praise, Virtue

17. “In a shared fish, there are no bones.”

Democritus

Sharing, Fairness, Perspective, Wisdom, Equality

18. “Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.”

Plutarch

Justice, Integrity, Morality, Ethics, Fairness

19. “Solon being asked, namely, what city was best to live in. That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.”

Plutarch

Justice, Society, Morality, Responsibility, Fairness

20. “There is no debt with so much prejudice put off as that of justice.”

Plutarch

Justice, Obligation, Morality, Duty, Fairness

21. “Common sense isn’t a real thing. And its ugly cousin, fairness, is a concept invented so dumb people could participate in arguments.”

Scott Adams

Common Sense, Fairness, Intelligence, Argument, Humor

22. “The world isn’t fair, but as long as it’s tilting in my direction, I find that there’s a natural cap to my righteous indignation.”

Scott Adams

Fairness, Life, Perspective, Reality, Humor

23. “No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.”

Anton Chekhov

Justice, Fairness, Psychology, Corruption, Human Nature