“Now, the president would like to do tax reform, which would obviously lower rates for most people in America and make the tax code fair and get rid of loopholes and special treatment. But absent tax reform, the president believes the right way to get our fiscal house in order is ask the wealthy to pay their fair share.” PeopleWayBelieveAmericaOrderAsksHousePresidentPayShareSpecialTaxesFairsRateReformCodeTreatmentWealthyRight WayAbsentLoopholesFair ShareTax ReformSpecial Treatment Author:David Plouffe
“The argument that somehow we've got to get rid of minority scholarships so that we can have a free and fair America implies that we have a colorblind society where minorities are equal in their pursuit of funds to go to school.” SchoolAmericaEqualFairsArgumentPursuitMinoritiesFundScholarship Author:William H. Gray III
“Greetings, conversationalists across the fruited plain, this is Rush Limbaugh, the most dangerous man in America, with the largest hypothalamus in North America, serving humanity simply by opening my mouth, destined for my own wing in the Museum of Broadcasting, executing everything I do flawlessly with zero mistakes, doing this show with half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair because I have talent on loan from ... God. Rush Limbaugh. A man. A legend. A way of life.” MenWayShowsAmericaHumanityMy OwnBehindsMistakeBrainHalfTalentDangerousMouthsFairsWingsOpeningServingZeroMuseumsLegendsTiedDestinedLoanNorth AmericaGreetingsBroadcastingExecutingBehind My BackDangerous ManHypothalamus Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Americans have always pursued our dreams within a free market that has been the engine of our progress. It's a market that has created a prosperity that is the envy of the world, and rewarded the innovators and risk-takers who have made America a beacon of science, and technology, and discovery. But the American economy has worked in large part because we have guided the market's invisible hand with a higher principle - that America prospers when all Americans can prosper. That is why we have put in place rules of the road to make competition fair, and open, and honest.” WorldHas BeensMadeDreamHandsAmericaPrinciplesTechnologyEconomyProgressRiskHonestHigherDiscoveryFairsCompetitionProsperityEnvyInvisibleEnginesOur DreamsFree MarketPursuedInnovatorsScience And TechnologyBeaconsAmerican EconomyInvisible Hand Author:Barack Obama
“There is no family in America without a clock, and consequently there is no fair pretext for the usual Sunday medley of dreadful sounds that issues from our steeples.” AmericaSoundChurchIssuesFairsClockSundayUsualPretextSteeplesMedley Book:A Tramp Abroad: Mark Twain's Collections Source: A Tramp Abroad: Mark Twain's Collections
“I hope for an America where neither fundamentalist nor humanist will be a dirty word, but a fair description of the different ways in which people of good will look at life and into their own souls.” PeopleWayLooksDifferentSoulAmericaFairsDirtyDifferent WaysDescriptionHumanistGood WillFundamentalistDirty Words Author:Edward Kennedy
“Whether meeting with leaders and parents concerned about drugs in Bonn, Lisbon, or with the Holy Father at the Vatican, or doing a pretty fair flamenco in Madrid, I think Nancy's one of the best ambassadors America's ever had.” ThinkingAmericaFatherParentLeaderHolyDrugConcernedFairsMeetingsAmbassadorsNancyMadridFlamenco Author:Ronald Reagan
“The commotions that have taken place in America, as far as they are yet known to me, offer nothing threatening. They are a proof that the people have liberty enough, and I could not wish them less than they have. If the happiness of the mass of the people can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or even of a little blood, it will be a precious purchase. 'Malo libertatem periculosam quam quietem servitutem.' Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights.” PeopleIfsLittlesEnoughPlayAmericaPoliticsWishCommonKnownLibertyEconomyTakenRightsBloodHonestyOffersMassFairsProofCommon SenseLiberalismExpensesNow And ThenThreateningTempestSecuredFair Play Book:Correspondence Source: Correspondence
“As far as the media's concerned, Mrs. Obama deserves this. Look at the sordid past. Look at our slave past, look at the discriminatory past. It's only fair that people of color get their taste of the wealth of America too.” PeopleLooksAmericaPastWealthMediaStupidColorTasteDeserveConcernedFairsSlaveHateful Author:Rush Limbaugh
“All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates.” PersonsCountryWisdomAmericaGivenWealthChanceShareFairsProductionsEquitable Author:Coretta Scott King
“[On New York City:] Were all America like this fair city, and all, no, only a small proportion of its population like the friends we left there, I should say that the land was the fairest in the world.” WorldShouldAmericaLeftCitiesLandNew YorkFairsPopulationProportionNew York City Book:Domestic Manners of the Americans Source: Domestic Manners of the Americans
“I have a 10 year old at home, and she is always saying, 'That's not fair.' When she says that, I say, "Honey, you're cute; that's not fair. Your family is pretty well off; that's not fair. You were born in America; that's not fair. Honey, you had better pray to God that things don't start getting fair for you.” YearsWellsHomeAmericaBornPrayingFairsCuteOur FamilyHoneyPraying To GodNot Fair Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in this country-when you ask them to pay their fair share of taxes they run abroad. We have 19-year old kids who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan defending this country. They went abroad. Not to escape taxes. They're working class kids who died in wars and now billionaires want to run abroad to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. What patriotism! What love of country!” PeopleWantGivingYearsMadeWarCountryRunningKidsAmericaAsksLostPayClassRichShareLoversTaxesGiving UpFairsDiedLeavingIraqAfghanistanWorking ClassCitizenshipRich PeopleGreat LoveBillionaireFair ShareGreat Lovers Author:Bernie Sanders