Fairness Quotes - Page 17

• There was an austerely dignified award ceremony. By that I mean we had to buy our own drinks - in clear violation of the international journalists'code of truth, fairness and an open bar.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Mean, Awards

  P.J. O'Rourke (2012). “Holidays in Hell”, p.92, Atlantic Books Ltd

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Life, Peace, Kings

  Martin Luther King (Jr.) (2007). “Dream: The Words and Inspiration of Martin Luther King, Jr”, p.55, Blue Mountain Arts, Inc.

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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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• Many things in life are not fair but all things should be.

  Michael Josephson

  Things In Life, Justice, Ethics

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• Rise above principle and do what is right.

  Walter Heller

  Justice, Principles, Ethics

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• It is a terrible, an inexorable, law that one cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own: in the face of one's victim, one sees oneself.

  James A. Baldwin

  Law, Justice, Humanity

  "Fifth Avenue, Uptown" by James A. Baldwin, www.esquire.com. July 1960.

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• It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better thing and a rarer thing to give liberty to others who do not agree with us.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Giving, Justice, President

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1933, Volume 2”, p.497, Best Books on

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• Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.

  John Vanbrugh

  Justice, Good Man, Ethics

  John Vanbrugh (1730). “Esop. [By Sir John Vanbrugh.]”, p.54

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• The costs can't be borne by smaller counties particularly, so if the crime occurs in a large county you might be charged with the death penalty, in a smaller county you're not. That raises some significant questions about fairness.

  Greg Zoeller

  Cost, Might, Death Penalty

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• I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the infliction of [death] is so plainly doomed to failure that is - and the death penalty - must be abandoned altogether. I may not live to see that day, but I have faith that eventually it will arrive.

  Harry A. Blackmun

  Optimistic, Effort, May

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• When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the promise that capital punishment would be administered with fairness and justice. Instead, the promise has become a cruel and empty mockery. If not remedied, the scandalous state of our present system of capital punishment will cast a pall of shame over our society for years to come. We cannot let it continue.

  Thurgood Marshall

  Years, Punishment, Justice

  Thurgood Marshall (2001). “Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences”, Chicago Review Press

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• History provides many examples of democracy crushed by people who said to be the champion of "genuine democracy" and "the people's real meaning". The realization about this may lead us to a defence position that conceals that democracy is an extraordinarily demanding way of rule. It must constantly find new ways to revitalize, to reach out to people and make them active. Dictatorships offers a machinery of obedience, closed and externally well-oiled. Democracy is based on fairness, openness and pulsating life. Therefore it must constantly be won again.

  Olof Palme

  Real, People, Champion

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• Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per-billion of pesticide residues

  Jim Hightower

  Nature, Agriculture, Pesticides

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• For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.

  William Shakespeare

  Art, Dark, Night

  Sonnet 147

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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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