Equity Quotes

• Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Ethical Principles, Justice, Judging

  "Medical Ethics and Humanities". Book by Frederick Adolf Paola, Robert Walker, Lois LaCivita Nixon, March 9, 2010.

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• There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.

  Edmund Burke

  Wisdom, Equality, Law

  Speech, 28 May 1794, in E. A. Bond (ed.) 'Speeches...in the Trial of Warren Hastings' (1859) vol. 4, p. 377

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• He who seeks equity must do equity.

  Joseph Story

  Joseph Story (1861). “Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in England and America”, p.10

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• If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.

  Kofi Annan

  Family, Respect, Parent

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• There will be no equity without solidarity. There will be no justice without a social movement.

  Joia Mukherjee

  Justice, Movement, Social

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• Education makes us the human beings we are. It has major impacts on economic development, on social equity, gender equity. In all kinds of ways, our lives are transformed by education and security. Even if it had not one iota of effect [on] security, it would still remain in my judgment the biggest priority in the world.

  Amartya Sen

  Impact, Priorities, Development

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The basic dream of many Colombians is to have a secure nation, without exclusions, with equity, and without hatred.

  Alvaro Uribe

  Dream, Hatred, Exclusion

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• Commodities tend to zig when the equity markets zag.

  Jim Rogers

  Active Management, Commodity, Private Equity

  "Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market". Book by Jim Rogers, March 27, 2007.

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• Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect. They know that basic human problems can have no final solutions, that our freedom, justice, equality, etc. are far from absolute, and that the good life is compounded of half measures, compromises, lesser evils, and gropings toward the perfect. The rejection of approximations and the insistence on absolutes are the manifestation of a nihilism that loathes freedom, tolerance, and equity.

  Eric Hoffer

  Good Life, Fighting, Men

  "The Temper of Our Time". Book by Eric Hoffer, 1967.

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• Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  God, Men, Law

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• Equity is a roguish thing. For Law we have a measure, know what to trust to; Equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'T is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a "foot" a Chancellor's foot; what an uncertain measure would this be! One Chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'T is the same thing in the Chancellor's conscience.

  John Selden

  Law, Feet, Long

  "Table Talk: Being the Discourses of John Selden (Equity)". Book by John Selden and Richard Milward, 1689.

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• In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity.

  John Locke

  Law, Common, Reason

  John Locke, John W. Yolton (1977). “The Locke Reader: Selections from the Works of John Locke with a General Introduction and Commentary”, p.279, CUP Archive

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• There is little hope of equity where rebellion reigns.

  Philip Sidney

  Littles, Reign, Rebellion

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”

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• The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people.

  Jacques Delors

  Thinking, Creating, Issues

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• The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word.

  Herbert Read

  Principles, Jurisprudence, Analogies

  Herbert Read (1963). “Selected Writings: Poetry and Criticism”

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• Equities will do well over time - you just have to avoid getting excited when other people are getting excited.

  Warren Buffett

  People, Excited, Wells

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• Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this requires strong democratic foundations based on a political will to ensure equity and justice.

  Sharan Burrow

  Strong, Political Will, Justice

  "Brothers in Arms. How do trade unions worldwide reflect on the global economy?", www.theglobalist.com. April 25, 2001.

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• I see myself as a private-equity investor that helps rebuild companies. Restructuring is a cottage industry in that there aren't that many serious practitioners.

  Wilbur Ross

  Cottages, Serious, Helping

  "I Am American Business", www.cnbc.com.

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• Present day statesmen are making the biggest blunder of the age if they believe that there can be any peace without equity and justice to all mankind.

  Marcus Garvey

  Believe, Justice, Age

  Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.27, Ravenio Books

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• I wouldn't mind doing a film revolving around horses, but I wouldn't dilute my equity just sitting on one.

  Randeep Hooda

  Horse, Mind, Sitting

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• Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.

  Fred Wilson

  Raises, Expensive

  "Startup Financing 101: Capital Equipment Loans" by Fred Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 8, 2011.

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• Private equity firms aren't necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple floundering businesses that are rolled into a single entity, eliminating duplicative overhead.

  Matt Taibbi

  Successful, Evil, Stories

  "Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital". www.rollingstone.com. August 29, 2012.

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• When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh.

  Amartya Sen

  Opportunity, Awards, India

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• Bordeaux would be naive not to recognize that Robert Parker was driving the brand equity. If the next generation doesn't care about Chateau Pichon-Lalande, then you have a problem.

  Gary Vaynerchuk

  Would Be, Generations, Care

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• It's very hard for individual inventors to get paid. For the same reason that private equity is valuable - broadly, that's a good thing - in the case of patents, many that own them aren't in a good position to take the next step.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Next, Steps, Patents

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