Quotes About Fairness

Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends… every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment.

But don't they say that all is fair in love and war? I heard that somewhere." "'They?' Who are 'they?'" "I don't know. Just people." "That's what the victorious claim, not the defeated; the powerful, not the powerless. 'All is fair.' 'The end justifies the means.' Is that what you believe?

Law and justice are not the same.

You pay by the hour, even if the job only takes five minutes. I don't do fractions.

The law wasn't a great business to be in if one valued truth, or even justice.

It is not enough that we have a guilty defendant. We must have an innocent system as well.

The heart of God's justice is to make sure that the "weak and the orphan" have received their share of God's resources for them to live and thrive. Retributive justice comes in only when that ideal is violated.

Justice without love is brutality. Love without justice is banality.

Life is not fair... Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.

We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism in public life.

Women should be protected from anyone's exercise of unrighteous power... but then, so should every other living creature.

Many things in life are not fair but all things should be.

A just and wise magistrate is a blessing as extensive as the community to which he belongs; a blessing which includes all other blessings whatsoever that relate to this life.

Life is rough for everyone....Life isn't always fair. Whatever it is that hits the fan, its never evenly distributed - some always tend to get more of it than others.

I am a great foe of favoritism in public life, in private life, and even in the delicate relationship of an author to his works.

Unfortunately in life, justice is not always achieved.

African-Americans are as fair as any other group, but they bring their life experiences to bear as just as whites bring their experiences to bear.

It would be fair in terms of justice that those who believe in 'Life After Death' live much less than those who do not believe in such a thing!

I think there are a lot of things in life that are not fair. But life, I believe, isn't always perfect and idealistic.

What kind of life have you lived little one? Where fair has anything to do with it? Life and death just are. Fair has nothing to do with it.

It takes the wool from your eyes about how the world works, to show you that nothing's necessarily fair, and that you might have a hard life.

It is the life of democracy to favor equality.

The essence of justice is mercy.

A blind figure never can be a reliable and authentic eyewitness and evidence; however, stay silent since justice is blind too.