Mahathir Mohamad Quotes

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

My vision for Scotland is one in which we fight together for the values we are care about: equality, fairness and social justice. Those values are the same whether you live in Dumfries or Carlisle.

I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance of getting a fair shake from the connected and the powerful.

I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.

Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other.

It is nobody's right to be waited on and nobody's fate to do the waiting.

My definition of good is that you understand that this is a question of power. That you be willing to give up some power. That you be willing to give up some resources.

I guess what I learned about myself is I'm a bit of a socialist; I want everyone on the set to get equal treatment and credit.

Competition is for everyone.

We should all be on the same team when it comes to truth and justice.

Everything is always equal between every player; no one is ahead of anyone. Sometimes one player plays, then others play. It's normal at every club, not just Barca.

I treat people fairly. I can't be dictatorial. We have multicultural dressing rooms and what's really important is that you have a way of working that brings the best out of everyone.

Like I always say, it's a five-on-five game.

Fairness does not consist so much of everybody's doing the same thing, but of everybody's being willing to do something that others don't want to do.

The craving for equality can express itself either as a desire to pull everyone down to our own level (by belittling them, excluding them, tripping them up) or as a desire to raise ourselves up along with everyone else (by acknowledging them, helping them, and rejoicing in their success).

God cannot be so cruel and unjust as to make the distinctions of high and low between man and man, and woman and woman.

The promise of equality is not the same as true equality.

Even with a round table, some people always seem able to sit at the head of it.

I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.

A good plan isn't one where someone wins, it's where nobody thinks they've lost.

The problem with politics isn't the money; it's the power.

I think the president can set a tone and say we're not divided by gender, age, race. We're all Americans and want the same things. We want the best things for our kids. We want the rules to be fair. If they work hard, get a great education, they should be able to join the middle class.

As man seeks justice in equality, so society seeks order in anarchy.

We ought to be respecting the principle of equality.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.