Quotes About Fairness

Doing a thing by law, or according to law, is only carrying the law into execution. And punishing a man by, or according to, the sentence or judgment of his peers, is only carrying that sentence or judgment into execution.

Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.

The right of the judge to inflict punishment gives him both power and opportunity to oppress the innocent; yet none but crazy men will from thence determine that it is best to have neither a legislature nor judges.

I don't agree with capital punishment as it is now, because too often mistakes are made. But I think that if you eliminate the mistakes, then there are times when it is justified.

My argument is not that I shouldn't have been punished, but that the punishment didn't fit the crime.

The bottom line is: If any government has a rule that would legally allow it to punish people for things that don't deserve punishment, then that law should be scrapped or changed.

Growing up with a father who was a judge, I heard a lot about justice. But for justice to be applied, punishments need to fit their crimes.

I would love to live in a world that is purely equal, where everyone has equal opportunities in every way. But that is not reality.

I accept a character purely based on its merits and not on any other criteria.

I never want to get a job because I'm female. I want to get it because I earned it and I deserve it... Whether my hair is going to be blue or purple, people should be judged on how well they do the job and deliver results and whether they do it the right way. That's how I like to be judged; most people are like that.

I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.

There are two reasons to pursue diversity and inclusion. One, because you believe one group has benefitted from hundreds of years of discrimination, or two, maybe you don't like that women make 73 cents on the dollar compared to men.

The policies we pursue to ensure safety and fairness for our citizens need to be applied equally - and people need to feel they are being applied equally - if we are to bring Americans together again.

We must never stop pushing for equal protection under the law in Pennsylvania and across the country.

We are pushing for Medicare-for-all. That's an economic issue - it really is. And if we can work toward a fair, more-equitable system for working families, everybody would have health care.

We must formulate policies to allow everyone to have the same opportunities in life and fix our broken society too.

If you're fixing a game, you're making calls up against star players to get that star player to the bench so that team is at a major disadvantage.

There needs to be a flat rule where if someone's playing a shot you sit in the chair, and probably more referees need to be a bit sterner with how they apply that rule.

We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.

On TV, as in life, white folks are allowed to make mistakes, but usually, black people aren't.

I'm not fond of the idea of doing ballet for ballet's sake, because dancers get exploited and they're not paid well. They do it for the love.

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

I have strong reasons for being a Democrat. Basically if you want true fairness in society, you want to give a voice in the corridors of power for the people who otherwise would not have it, I believe that will come from the Democratic Party.

But when you're cheating against your fellow athletes, that's something I can't forgive.