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Quotes About Fairness

I'm not afraid to talk about the fact that women get paid less than men in the United States and how unfair that is. Talking about it at all is doing the work.
~ Demi Lovato
If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.
~ Dolly Parton
Now younger actresses will have a confidence in those discussions with their agents and be able to say, "Can we make sure that I'm being paid the right amount for the work that I'm doing?"
~ Felicity Jones
A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.
~ Frances O'Grady
I'm not going to complain about the fact that people are paying attention to my work. I suppose that wouldn't be fair.
~ Frank Miller
An American worker should not expect his pay to be cut because somebody comes to this country illegally and is willing to work for less than he or she should be paid
~ Gary Miller
Start trying to work out who deserves what, and before long you'll spend the rest of your days weeping for each and every person in the world.
~ George R. R. Martin
The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the conditions of her work should be.
~ Helen Keller
I don't see that anybody needs to earn $12 million for three months' work, quite honestly.
~ Helen Mirren
I believe in raising the minimum wage and equal pay for work.
~ Hillary Clinton
I sure do want to make sure women get equal pay for the work we do.
~ Hillary Clinton
Honest work deserves honest pay.
~ Hillary Clinton
I want to imagine a country where people's wages reflect their hard work, where we have healthcare for everyone, and where every child gets to live up to his or her potential.
~ Hillary Clinton
For my part, I plan to work out a fair and adequate redistribution of city services to all city neighborhoods.
~ Jane Byrne
I know so many amazing actors who don't get work... and then there are a bunch of real duds that work all the time. The industry is just not fair in that way.
~ Jenna Fischer
The 'play fair!' iniative is a plan for football. This strategy aims to promote fairness and integrity, ensure the game is accessible to everyone and optimise the use of technology.
~ Marco van Basten
A-Rod don't want to be the straw that stirs the drink. He want to be known as a fair guy who goes out and help a team to win a pennant. He's a great guy.
~ Mickey Rivers
If you get 100 million streams on a song and you're only being paid on 20 percent, the check's not going to look good. The money's not going to look fair.
~ Jimmy Iovine
The pursuit of market-rate pay equity is about far more than respect. It's a matter of fairness, considering the increased workload that New York's Finest has assumed to not only make us the safest big city in America but to also take a more proactive role in strengthening community-police relations.
~ Eric Adams
My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the head of the clan. Every morning, we all had to say good morning and kiss his hand. But not me. I jumped on his lap and bit him.
~ Azzedine Alaia
Esha can't have it easy just because she is my daughter. I have to be strict.
~ Hema Malini
We've been agreeing on a strict immigration policy to Norway for a long time. It's supposed to be fair, but it's supposed to be strict.
~ Erna Solberg
Lady Justice doesn't have empathy for anyone. She rules strictly based upon the law, and that's really the only way that our system can function properly under the Constitution.
~ Wendy Long
I think racial profiling is wrong. It cannot be defended. It's just flat wrong. And if a matter came before me, and it could be established that the arrest was made strictly on racial profiling, when I was on the bench, it would be gone.
~ Judge Mills Lane