Quotes About Fairness

As noted previously, a principle of moral good is this: if other persons are involved in an action, then always act with their good in mind, and never act in a way that it leads to their loss or suffering (through force or fraud).

I'm gay." And you know what? It makes me a little mad. I mean, straight guys don't have to sit their parents down and tell them they like girls. Everyone just assumes that they do. But if you're gay, everybody makes this ginormous deal out of it. You practically have to hold a news conference and take out an ad in the newspaper. Why? Just because it's not what most people do? That doesn't seem fair.

Genel olarak ?unu söyleyebiliriz: Duyguda?l?k saf i?birli?i iken, hakkaniyet birden fazla kat?l?mc?n?n çe?itli güdülerinden ileri gelen çok say?daki ve çat??an taleplere dengeli çözümlerin arand??? bir tür rekabet i?birli?idir.

People are far too quick to judge others, especially when they don't have the full facts. --from the book For Reasons Unknown

You won't be taken seriously if you are too cheap," Marta had explained. "And the people who need your service will pay without a twitch. You can haggle slightly if someone is desperate or just needs a quick question.

It's all for the planned redistribution of wealth which is also stated in this document, the redistribution of wealth which is based on a new concept called equity. And it says this: we must not lose sight of equity, or fairness based on need. Where have you heard that here, today? From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.

The Americans are right: there should not be taxation unless the people consent to it. And it should be fair, which means the nobility and clergy should be taxed as well.

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

Choas errupted amoung the watchers. They didn't think it was over at all. "He cheated! He used fire!" "No, he won fairly enough!"

Het is niet eerlijk, dacht Renn. Waarom is híj nou de Luisteraar? Waarom moet híj zo anders zijn?

To give the devil his due.

Ultimately, it really does mean to be fair to all people.

life is not fair—the cards are incredibly stacked in your favor.

My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.

If life was fair, we'd get treated the way the we treat others and if life was fair, we'd get paid exactly what we are worth. And in the end, we'd all get exactly what we deserve. So, son, maybe it's better if life isn't fair. Sometimes I'm thankful that life isn't fair.

From each according to his faculties, to each according to his needs; that is what we wish, sincerely and energetically.

Even if there were hundred bad Japanese, if there was one good one, he refused to make a blanket statement

If you do well at anything, you gotta pay up to all the people who did worse. On the other hand, if you do badly, life makes you pay a shit tax, too. Everybody pays something.

Shall we exploit because we have been exploited,

emotional injustice

I'm not interested in fairness. And your God doesn't seem interested in fairness when He gives out talent. I see mediocrity or ambition most of the time. You have talent, but no ambition. That's why you're stuck here.

I find that in life, even the most unsympathetic person has a clear delineation of his motives, however complex and unappealing, but to him, there is a moral clarity to his actions. I think part of my job as a storyteller is to recognize the congruity or incongruity of his motives and behavior and somehow still be fair to the character and to the reader.

I happen to believe that no one inherently deserves anything, except basic human rights, and not to have to watch an ad before you watch a trailer on YouTube.

What I've noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, it's so wonderfully fair.