Rick Riordan Quotes

Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.

In America, opportunity and equality are not a zero-sum game

I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, when everyone plays by the same rules.

Middle America believes in fair play, an equal opportunity to succeed or to fail.

Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.

Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.

Fairness is not about statistical equality.

There's place and means for every man alive.

Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.

The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality of result. It's equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference.

In a country where there is no privileged class, genius and industry may attain the highest honors.

At its core, a fair and just society is one where opportunity is open to all - not just those at the top.

Everybody has his place; everybody is equal. Treated equally, equal standing, equal rights and status.

I want my kids to grow up in a world where everybody gets a fair shot.

We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.

We live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach.

Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn't mean treating everyone alike.

Fairness is not the end result, it's the opportunity. And everybody in America today has the opportunity to get ahead.

No band is special, no player royalty.

All men will commence in their present rank and promotion will be open to all men alike, without any distinctions or qualifications, political or otherwise.

All some folks want is their fair share and yours.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

Now, as a nation, we don't promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That's an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.