Unfair Quotes
Words for the moments when things simply don't add up fairly.
These unfair quotes speak to moments of injustice, from sports outcomes that feel rigged to deeper concerns about wealth gaps and inequality. For more on related frustrations, see our Inequality collection.
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The rich, by unfair combinations, contribute frequently to prolong a season of distress among the poor.
I think it's straight men who are oblivious to goodness or badness to dates. That's probably unfair. Maybe they just don't complain as much.
Conflict Quotes
How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy.
It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
Traditional consumer finance has been unfair for decades. Banks have had a monopoly on financial services and have been able to overcharge and underserve consumers.
It seems unfair that anyone can set up on Twitter using my name, or the name of any famous person, without any checks at all.
I think it's unfair to say that Chinese companies are squeezing out American companies. China has so many solar companies that are failing, too.
Emotion Quotes
The second trial was a fair trial. I do not call it a second trial. I call it a fair trial, as opposed to the first trial, which was an unfair trial, a Roman holiday.
Sometimes, life is unfair, and you have to suck it up and move on and not use it as an excuse.
And we had the perhaps unfair advantage of not having to worry about what an audience was gonna think. We were in a vacuum. We were making little short films, really.
The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.
I do think it's unfair for women who get pegged with creating fare for other women.
Frustration Quotes
The thing about audiences is that we can't generalise them. It's very unfair.
Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.
Donald Trump is not a protectionist. If he imposes tariffs on China or any other country that cheats, all he wants to do is defend America against unfair trade practices.
The presumption that an extant mode is efficient if the expected net gain is negative can nevertheless be rebutted by showing that the obstacles to implementing an otherwise superior feasible alternative are 'unfair.'
I'm interested in illuminating the enormous disparity between vast poverty and the tiny upper class... This vast inequity is unfair by definition, and I am interested in illuminating that and, where possible, changing that.
Inequality Quotes
The idea that the British carried out hundreds of war crimes in Iraq is, of course, utterly without foundation and grossly unfair.
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Some lines also push back on one-sided blame, arguing that responsibility for wrongdoing is rarely as simple as it first appears. Pair this page with Frustration or Conflict quotes for more on difficult situations.
