Fairness : (68) " Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing. " - Abu Bakr " With more than half of the American workforce without private pension coverage, Social Security provides economic certainty within a system that is fair, equitable, and easy to understand. You work hard, pay into the system, and the federal government makes a promise to pay back your earned benefits when you retire. It’s that simple. " - Mike Quigley " ‘Fair’ is, like, this incredibly overused term in negotiations: ‘I just want what’s fair.’ ‘What’s the fair market price?’ " - Christopher Voss " Being an African-American, minority, or poor, you get in a tough situation and you don’t get a fair shake. " - Mike Conley Jr. " My father was a Tuskegee Airmen captain in the Air Force and a very strong personality. He believed in fairness and ethics and living up to the commitments you make to others. He ultimately became a judge, and he would talk to me over and over about how important it is to be fair. " - John W. Rogers, Jr. " A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. " - Robert Frost " According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another. " - Marcus Tullius Cicero " What the Republicans have said is rather than touch one hair on the heads of the wealthiest people in our country, people who make over $1 million a year, they’re saying, ‘Seniors should pay $6,000 more dollars a year. But please don’t let us ask the wealthiest to do their fair share.’ " - Nancy Pelosi " If corporations and rich people who made fortunes out of us during the boom are not paying their fair share then reform the tax system and close down the tax havens. " - John McDonnell " Fairness matters. " - Jonathan Agnew