About this quote

Fairness doesn't mean forcing everyone into an identical mold. Real equality can leave room for different gifts to stretch, and even to earn differently, as long as no one is held down. Flattening talent in the name of sameness wastes what rare ability could give back to everyone.

When to use it

• A cooperative that pays its most skilled craftsman more while still guaranteeing everyone a living wage.
• A school stretching a gifted math student with harder problems instead of making her wait for the class.
• A team that lets its strongest designer lead the hardest project rather than rotating it evenly for optics.