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• The Triad has a special beauty and fairness beyond all numbers, primarily because it is the very first to make actual the potentiality of the Monad - oddness, perfection, proportionality, unification, limit.

  Iamblichus

  Numbers, Perfection, Special

  "The Theology of Arithmetic". Translated by Robin Waterfield in "The Theology of Arithmetic: On the Mystical, Mathematical and Cosmological Symbolism of the First Ten Numbers", 1988.

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• Even if you want to conjure up some things, they are not reason enough to rip America apart, particularly under the guise of fairness or whatever. It's destructive.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Rip, America, Want

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• You know in fairness Gary [Johnson] and I have not agreed on a number of substantive issues in this campaign, tax policy, we've had some influence on each other, I think I've had some influence on him, on constructive engagement around the world, he's had some influence on me in criminal justice reform issues.

  William Weld

  Thinking, Numbers, Issues

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Kindness, Compassion, Equality

  Entry of December 1863 or early 1864, "The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel", Book by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, translated by Humphry Ward, 1893.

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• I don't know in my long life that I ever worked with anybody that has quite the combination of policy knowledge and concern, political skills, of a personal touch with people, and a sense of innate fairness that inspires confidence.

  William J. Clinton

  Life, Confidence, Skills

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• Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.

  Tim Scott

  Workplace, Economic, Should

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• Tax rates for the wealthy should revert to Clinton-era levels, both because it is necessary for long-term deficit reduction and because fairness dictates it. Moreover, there is no proof that higher marginal rates dissuade investment, all the rhetoric from the Right notwithstanding.

  Eliot Spitzer

  Long, Levels, Eras

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• In the real world, I see conservatives volunteering at adoption agencies, at churches, at bake sales and the local American Legion Post while the only charity a progressive sends is a smug sermon on fair share and what fairness is.

  Allen West

  Real, Agency, Volunteer

  "CPAC Highlights: Rubio and West". "The Rush Limbaugh Show" with Rush Limbaugh, origin-www.rushlimbaugh.com. March 14, 2013.

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• It's not fair!" (Ryssa) Because life was ever about fairness. Oh, to be as naive as his sister.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Naive, Fairs, Not Fair

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2013). “Styxx”, p.408, Macmillan

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• Never be discouraged from being an activist because people tell you that you'll not succeed. You have already succeeded if you're out there representing truth or justice or compassion or fairness or love.

  Doris "Granny D" Haddock

  Success, Truth, Compassion

  Doris Haddock, Dennis Burke (2001). “Granny D: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year”, p.363, Villard

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• It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.

  Arthur H. Vandenberg

  Change, Wisdom, Opportunity

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• A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our present policies... True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. A true revolution of values will soon look on uneasily upon the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth with righteous indignation.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Compassion, Justice, Coins

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.119, Beacon Press

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• In the end, it's extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more that that, too. It starts with complete command of the fundamentals. Then it takes desire, determination, discipline, and self-sacrifice. And finally, it takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow man. Put all these together, and even if you don't win, how can you lose?

  Jesse Owens

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.

  Dennis Wholey

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• Most illegal immigrants are not by nature lawbreakers. Most are looking for the chance to live in dignity. Nevertheless we must continue to discourage illegal immigration for it undermines control of our borders...and even more punishes hard-working people who play by the rules and who wait for their turn to come to the United States. Therefore we must enforce our laws, but we will do so with justice and fairness.

  William J. Clinton

  Hard Work, Law, Play

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• In my view it is time to pass a good bill, a fair bill, a comprehensive bill ... Too many have been waiting too long for fairness.

  Patrick Leahy

  Views, Long, Waiting

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• It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

  Earl Warren

  Law, Justice, Legal System

  Earl Warren (1955). “The Law and the Future”

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• How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Encouragement, Passion, Garden

  Benjamin Disraeli (1845). “Sybil, Or, The Two Nations”, p.334

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• Honesty is a principle. Service is a principle. Love is a principle. Hard work is a principle. Respect, gratitude, moderation, fairness, integrity, loyalty, and responsibility are principles. There are dozens and dozens more. They are not hard to identify. Just as a compass always points to true north, your heart will recognize true principles.

  Sean Covey

  Inspirational, Loyalty, Gratitude

  Sean Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

  Samuel Johnson

  Funny, Hate, Integrity

  James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.6

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• I don’t believe there are two sides to every argument. I think the facts are the center. And watching the news abandon the facts in favor of “fairness” is what’s troubling to me.

  Aaron Sorkin

  Believe, Thinking, Two Sides

  "TV’s Best Talker: Aaron Sorkin on The Newsroom, Sorkinism, and Sounding Smart". Interview with Mark Harris, www.vulture.com. June 16, 2012.

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• A truly common culture is not one in which we all think alike, or in which we all believe that fairness is next to godliness, but one in which everyone is allowed to be in on the project of cooperatively shaping a common way of life.

  Terry Eagleton

  Believe, Thinking, Culture

  "Those in power are right to see multiculturalism as a threat" by Terry Eagleton, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2007.

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• Liberals want to set up social welfare committees to help whites and West Indians love each other in Birmingham. But all such efforts are doomed to failure. For the strong the weak are just too much of a temptation; and in all fairness it seems to me quite wicked for black people to have tempted the powerful with so much powerless-ness for so long. The obvious answer is to redress this imbalance in power.

  Lewis Nkosi

  Strong, Powerful, Long

  Lewis Nkosi (1983). “Home and exile and other selections”, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

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• Fair, kind, and true, have often lived alone.

  William Shakespeare

  Kind, Fairs

  William Shakespeare (1826). “The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare”, p.72

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• There is an insuperable problem about introducing immigrants to British values. There are no British values. Nor are there any Serbian or Peruvian values. No nation has a monopoly on fairness and decency, justice and humanity.

  Terry Eagleton

  Justice, Humanity, Problem

  "Those in power are right to see multiculturalism as a threat" by Terry Eagleton, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2007.

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