“Free people can treat each other justly, but they can't make life fair. To get rid of the unfairness among individuals, you have to exercise power over them. The more fairness you want, the more power you need. Thus, all dreams of fairness become dreams of tyranny in the end.” PeopleWantNeedsEndsDreamIndividualExerciseFairsTreatsTyrannyFairnessUnfairness Author:Andrew Klavan
“Over the years since then though, I couldn't even begin to try and count all the mistakes I've made but also, all the joys I've found while traveling on the road. So in living this kind of lifestyle day in and day out for that many years you learn. You learn a lot about yourself. You learn a lot about how people should be treated and how they should treat each other. For the most part, I've really learned patience, temperament and fairness all around.” PeopleShouldTryingYearsKindMadeJoyFoundMistakeTreatsLifestyleTreatedAbout YourselfFairnessTemperament Author:Chuck Ragan
“Just recognizing and naming that many of the things we treat as historical fact are stories can help erode their power over our sense of identity and thinking. If they are stories rather than "truth," we can write new stories that better represent the country we aspire to be. Our new stories can be about diverse people working together to overcome challenges and make life better for all, about figuring out how to live sustainably on this one planet we share, and on deep respect for cooperation, fairness, and equity instead of promoting hyper-competitive individualism.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingCountryFactsHelpingStoriesTogetherChallengesShareIdentityPlanetsTreatsOvercomingHistoricalWorking TogetherCooperationIndividualismDiverseFairnessAspireRecognizingEquityPromotingHyperErodeHistorical Facts Author:Annie Leonard
“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.” PeopleLifePersonsCharacterFightingFriendshipFamilyKindnessTreatsTraitsFairnessCharacter BuildingGood CharacterGreat CharacterInspirational KindnessAbbyBuilding CharacterCharacter EducationGood MoralCharacter And ReputationInspirational CharacterCharacter Of A ManCharacter TraitBest CharacterJudge Of CharacterCharacter Of A Person Author:Abigail Van Buren
“Let the watchwords of all our people be the old familiar watchwords of honesty, decency, fair-dealing, and commonsense."... "We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.""The welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us.” PeopleMenShouldGivenPresidentDealsHonestyFairsTreatsFamiliarWelfareMeritDependentSquaresFairnessEntitledDecency Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.” WorldLifeInspirationalLittlesPersonsFunnyIdentityIntegrityTreatsGoodKarmaHypocrisyVegetarianExpectingFairnessDeep ThoughtBullsGood Person Author:Dennis Wholey