Abraham Lincoln
Political Leader
"These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have."
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Fairness
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William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Virtuous and fair, royal and gracious."
Victor Hugo
Novelist, Poet
"Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just."
Francis Bacon
Philosopher, Statesman
"If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us."
Emma Goldman
Anarchist, Political Activist, Writer
"Lack of fairness to an opponent is essentially a sign of weakness."
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"Fairness and justice will be the base of my government."
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"If we expect others to rely on our fairness and justice we must show that we rely on their fairness and justice."
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"I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization."
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"Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you."
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"Nothing can be truly great which is not right."
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"Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not."
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"Fair and softly goes far."
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"Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I'm one of those people."
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"If you treat me fairly, I'll give you all my goods."
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"I once did hold it, as our statists do, A baseness to write fair, and labour'd much How to forget that learning; but, sir, now It did me yeoman's service."
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"Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other ...Fairness treats everbody the same."
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"Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy."
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"The underlying principles of manners- respect, fairness, and congeniality."
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"Employers who violate rules of fairness are punished by reduced productivity, and merchants who follow unfair pricing policies can expect to lose sales."
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"The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good."
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"That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty."
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"Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypres let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath; I am slain by a fair cruel maid."
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"The aim of justice is to give everyone his due."
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"The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it."
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"We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism in public life."
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