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Quotes About Fairness

There is nothing fair about having to fight in war. The only fair thing would be to live in peace. The purpose of war is singular: to kill.
~ Terry Goodkind
It was lonely on the hill, and cold. And all you could do was keep going. You could scream, cry, and stamp your feet, but apart from making you feel warmer, it wouldn't do any good. You could say it was unfair, and that was true, but the universe didn't care because it didn't know what "fair" meant. That was the big problem about being a witch. It was up to you. It was always up to you.
~ Terry Pratchett
THERE'S NO JUSTICE, said Mort. JUST US.
~ Terry Pratchett
You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself. [...] Not 'Thou Shalt Not'. Say 'I Will Not'.
~ Terry Pratchett
NAUGHTY AND NICE? said Death. BUT IT'S EASY TO BE NICE IF YOU'RE RICH. IS THIS FAIR? Albert wanted to argue. He wanted to say, Really? In that case, how come so many of the rich buggers is bastards? And being poor don't mean being naughty, neither.
~ Terry Pratchett
Corporal Nobbs," he rasped, "why are you kicking people when they're down?" "Safest way, sir," said Nobby. Nobby had long ago been told about fighting fair and not striking a fallen opponent, and had then given some creative thought to how these rules applied to someone four feet tall with the muscle tone of an elastic band.
~ Terry Pratchett
Anyway, Angua seemed to have taken this case personally. She always had a soft spot for the underdog. So did Vimes. You had to. Not because they were pure or noble, because they weren't. You had to be on the side of underdogs because they weren't overdogs.
~ Terry Pratchett
Fair?" said the Sea Queen. She moved forward. Om felt her all around him. "There's no such thing," she said. "Life's like a beach. And then you die.
~ Terry Pratchett
One day, when he was naughty, Mr. Bunnsy looked over the hedge into Farmer Fred's field and saw it was full of fresh green lettuces. Mr. Bunnsy, however, was not full of lettuces. This did not seem fair.
~ Terry Pratchett
Jane remained in her chair thinking about justice, about how the dead never benefited from it. For them it always comes too late.
~ Tess Gerritsen
Adalet herkesin payla?t??? bir sorumluluktur.
~ Tess Gerritsen
Think about our workplaces, for example. Think of the privileges we may retain for ourselves while we apply other standards to those who work for us
~ The Arbinger Institute
What we want is responsible journalism. We want to avoid bigotry.
~ Mehdi Hasan
I had a very strong background in journalism, so it's my instinct to try to be as fair and accurate as possible.
~ Peter Landesman
If you judge, investigate.
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I ain't got no right to judge someone.
~ Frank Bruno
Were I confirmed as a judge, I would decide cases according to the rule of law beginning to end.
~ Amy Coney Barrett
The Almighty is the judge.
~ Ramzan Kadyrov
If the courts are making the decisions, it matters who the judge is and, of course, people are concerned with what is the bottom line.
~ John Harrison
One of the great things about America is we should not judge until we know the facts.
~ Stanley A. McChrystal
I would never criticize a federal judge, particularly if I had a court case in front of him, but you would certainly never, ever criticize them based on their ethnic background.
~ Bill Flores
You just want to be judged against everyone fairly.
~ Pete Cashmore
It's always nice to have people love you, but I'd just like to be judged fairly.
~ David Cassidy
If I am to judge others, I should be subject to be judged. You make your bed, you must lie in it.
~ Nigel Barker