As entrepreneurs, we are always looking for ways to be more fair in our businesses. We want to be sure that everyone involved is getting a fair shake. That’s why I’ve collected some of the best fairness quotes from great minds throughout history. I hope they will help to inspire you as you work to create a more equitable business.
The best fairness quotes
1. If justice is supposed to be fair, than any justice system you would hope is based on fairness. — Peter Jackson
2. Nothing was fair. If you expected fairness, you would be forever disappointed. — A.C.H. Smith
3. Nothing was fair. If you expected fairness, you would be forever disappointed. — A.C.H. Smith
4. If justice is supposed to be fair, than any justice system you would hope is based on fairness. — Peter Jackson
5. Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier. — Sheryl Sandberg
6. To impart a moral responsibility to exercise fairness in leadership builds greater leaders of strong character. — Wayne Chirisa
7. I’m a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity–these values mean a lot to me. — Mohamed ElBaradei
8. Liberals like to achieve fairness by spreading the misery. Conservatives seek to expand opportunity. — Rush Limbaugh
9. One measure for promoting both stability and fairness across financial market segments is a small sales tax on all financial transactions. — Noam Chomsky
10. My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value–I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone. — Mike Honda
11. Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth. — Rush Limbaugh
12. As a young man on the streets of Derry, I saw Ian Paisley as an immortal opponent of everything to do with equality, justice, fairness, and respect for Irishness. — Martin McGuinness
13. 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
14. Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills. — Ronald Reagan
15. If she be fair and wise, fairness and wit, The one’s for use, the other useth it. — William Shakespeare
16. Liberals like to achieve fairness by spreading the misery. Conservatives seek to expand opportunity. — Rush Limbaugh
17. I asked you to marry me–and you laughed. You thought I was joking. In fairness, I was still dressed as a Cavalier. — Scott Jackson, As I Stand Here At The Altar
18. Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth. — Rush Limbaugh
19. In theory, affirmative action certainly has all the moral symmetry that fairness requires. It is reformist and corrective, even repentent and redemptive. — Shelby Steele
20. Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need. — Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid
21. ‘safety” and ”fairness” are the preoccupation of the wounded. ”Being” and ”joy” are the unconscious realities of the free and living.’ — Mea McMahon, Observation on Christianity
22. I’m a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity–these values mean a lot to me. — Mohamed ElBaradei
23. I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech. — Teresa Heinz
24. Those who are men in God’s eyes would live and die for the promotion of equity, fairness and impartiality — Sunday Adelaja
25. Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need. — Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid
26. Public anger over bank bailouts was as much about fairness as the billions of dollars spent. — Nina Easton
27. What is equity? It is the quality of citizens of a given society to relate to each other in fairness and impartiality — Sunday Adelaja
28. I’ve got great faith in the essential fairness and decency–you may say goodness–of the human being. — Norman Vincent Peale
29. We’ve been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something–for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to. — Ronald Reagan
30. Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills. — Ronald Reagan
31. The Fairness Project is endeavoring to try to do what we can to make a fairer society. — Mike Lowry
32. Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills. — Ronald Reagan
33. Fairness means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself. — Rick Riordan
34. I asked you to marry me–and you laughed. You thought I was joking. In fairness, I was still dressed as a Cavalier. — Scott Jackson, As I Stand Here At The Altar
35. Since this is an era when many people are concerned about ‘fairness’ and ‘social justice, ‘ what is your ‘fair share’ of what someone else has worked for? — Thomas Sowell
36. To impart a moral responsibility to exercise fairness in leadership builds greater leaders of strong character. — Wayne Chirisa
37. Fairness, ‘ he said, ‘does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young. — Mitch Albom
38. We’ve been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something–for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to. — Ronald Reagan
39. I’m a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity–these values mean a lot to me. — Mohamed ElBaradei
40. I’m a lawyer. I go for due process; I go for fairness and equity–these values mean a lot to me. — Mohamed ElBaradei
41. In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. . . . — William J. Clinton
42. The Fairness Project is endeavoring to try to do what we can to make a fairer society. — Mike Lowry
43. Liberals like to achieve fairness by spreading the misery. Conservatives seek to expand opportunity. — Rush Limbaugh
44. One measure for promoting both stability and fairness across financial market segments is a small sales tax on all financial transactions. — Noam Chomsky
45. Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I’ve never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it’s never warmed up to me. — Walter F. Mondale
46. Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier. — Sheryl Sandberg
47. Nothing was fair. If you expected fairness, you would be forever disappointed. — A.C.H. Smith
48. Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth. — Rush Limbaugh
49. Public anger over bank bailouts was as much about fairness as the billions of dollars spent. — Nina Easton
50. Since this is an era when many people are concerned about ‘fairness’ and ‘social justice, ‘ what is your ‘fair share’ of what someone else has worked for? — Thomas Sowell
Conclusion
Fairness is a basic human right that everyone deserves. It is important to remember that fairness is not only about how people are treated, but also about how we treat ourselves. Taking time to reflect on how we can be fairer to ourselves and to others can help us to build stronger relationships and create a more equal and just world.
