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Quotes About Fairness

Life is still hard, but it is fair, and there is more joy in it that doesn't feast on heartache.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
A close family member once offered his opinion that I exhibit the phone manners of a goat, then promptly withdrew the charge - out of fairness to goats.
~ Jeffrey Kluger
In everyday social relationships, people expect fair treatment and favors to be reciprocated.
~ Jeffrey Pfeffer
There's been criticism of some college codes of conduct for not giving the accused person a fair opportunity to be heard. That's one of the basic tenets of our system, as you know: everyone deserves a fair hearing.
~ Jeffrey Rosen
It's not fair." "No, it's not," I hear someone say, her footsteps barely more than a whisper against the floor. "But then again, a lot in life isn't fair." The woman is concealed in the shadows. "It's how you handle yourself in such situations and what you learn from them that will define you.
~ Jen Calonita
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
It's not fair," Davis protested. "After Nick wins, you'll just say conditions were different when Hayden came down, and that's what made her slower.Like,it started snowing." "Or it stopped snowing," Gavin said. "Or the wind was harder," Davis said. "Or the wind was softer ," Gavin said. "Girls will whine about anything.
~ Jennifer Echols
he'd won by playing dirty—worse than losing.
~ Jennifer Egan
There is no such thing as fighting dirty, I told Nash, if you win.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Hoffelijkheid is niet seksistisch,' zei Asher. 'Als je nu beweert dat vrouwen voorrang moeten krijgen omdát ze vrouw zijn, dan is dat weldegelijk seksistisch,' antwoordde ik.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
If humanity's central existential difficulty comes from the fact that we have humanness—consciousness, hopes, dreams, loneliness, shame, plans, memory, a sense of fairness, love—and the universe does not, that means that we are constantly trying to wrangle our needs out of a universe that does not tend in such directions.
~ Jennifer Michael Hecht
Justice!…The time has come! Justice!
~ Émile Zola
Os serenos e generosos são apenas egoístas um pouco mais justos do que os tiranos – e a felicidade acabou quando as circunstâncias levaram ambos a perceber que os interesses de um não eram considerações importantes nos pensamentos do outro.
~ Emily Bronte
the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering;
~ Emily Bronte
AMPLE make this bed. Make this bed with awe; In it wait till judgment break Excellent and fair. Be its mattress straight, Be its pillow round; Let no sunrise' yellow noise Interrupt this ground.
~ Emily Dickinson
Justice isn't only about what a person deserves, but also about what a person needs.
~ Emily Giffin
The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
~ Emma Goldman
I know what you're thinking," said Root. "Why am I picking on you every day? Why don't I ever bawl out those other layabouts?" Holly said nothing, but agreement was written all over her face. "I'll tell you why, shall I?" Holly risked a nod. "It's because you're a girl.
~ Eoin Colfer
I know what you're thinking, said Root. Why am I picking on you every day? Why don't I ever bawl out those other layabouts? Holly said nothing, but agreement was written all over the face. I'll tell you why, shall I? Holly risked a nod. It's because you're a girl. Holly felt her fingers curl into fists. She knew it!
~ Eoin Colfer
I have a bad neighbour – bad, that is, for himself. For me, though, he is good: he exercises my powers of fairness and sociability.
~ Epictetus
When you attend the games, do not get emotionally invested in the rivalry. Wish only that the best team or athlete wins. Avoid the extremes of elation at a win and devastation at a loss.
~ Epictetus
The common problem, yours, mine, everyone's, Is — not to fancy what were fair in life Provided it could be — but, finding first What may be, then find how to make it fair & the word fair can be taken in both senses — it means both beautiful and just.
~ Eric Gill
In civically flourishing societies, the people remember that the system is healthiest and most robust when power emerges from the bottom up and the middle out, not the top down. In such societies, the people recognize that it is not only fair that power be circulated widely; it is also wise.
~ Eric Liu
Kral?na kar?? hakl? olan bir vekil, kocas?na kar?? hakl? olan bir kad?n, subay?na kar?? hakl? olan bir nefer; bunlar?n hepsi iki kat cezaya çarpt?r?lmaz m?? Zay?flar için hakl? olmak suçtur.
~ Amin Maalouf