Quotes About Fairness

Yes, I'm writing and anger and resentment, and I'm ashamed of it, because I no longer know, nor do I care, whether my words are fair or not, whether I'm judging the innocent or whether the fury and the pain that burn me to the core or also blinding me. During these past months I've learned to hate, and it terrifies me to think that I'll die with this bitterness in my heart.

Amikor a világ szörnyetegnek fest le valakit, az vagy valóságos szent, vagy elhallgatják a mese másik felét.

Nada es justo. A lo máximo que se puede aspirar es a que sea lógico. La justicia es una rara enfermedad en un mundo por lo demás sano como un roble.

A justiça é uma extravagância da perspectiva, e não um valor universal.

Because without truth there is no justice, and without justice there is no peace.

Niente è giusto. Al massimo si può sperare che sia logico. La giustizia è una malattia rara in un mondo per il resto sano come un pesce.

Naïve realism creates a logical labyrinth because it presupposes two things: One, people who are open-minded and fair ought to agree with a reasonable opinion, and, two, any opinion I hold must be reasonable; if it weren't, I wouldn't hold it.

If it had been a fairy tale, and one twin had said, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Fairest of Them All? the mirror could have made no answer. For two qualified.

I have found that the many imbalances within our individual lives result in an overall more worldly balance. What I mean is that no matter how unfair I think something is, I need only look at the bigger picture to see how, in a way, it fits... however impossible it is to understand it or see it at the time.

NO. For someone to win, somebody else must lose. For that person to have won they must have lost something in the first place. The irony of justice is that the feelings that precede it and those which fruit from it are never fair and balanced. Not even justice itself is perfect.

You might have been paid back enough to suit you I said, but I don't know if you've been paid back enough to suit me.

No one would ever like him; he would never be accused of being unfair.

Was that justice?" she said. She sounded as though she honestly wanted to know.

ARISTIDES Father of Just Taxation He drew up a list of assessments not only with scrupulous integrity and justice, but also in such a way that all states felt they had been justly and fairly taxed. . . . The levy of Aristides was a golden age for the allies of Athens. —Plutarch, Life of Aristides

I'm not above the law. No one is. But we don't want to live in a society where Lady Justice has one eye open and winks at her friends and casts the evil eye at her adversaries. When will it stop?

Justice is lame as well as blind, amongst us.

I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense - the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were the elements that made a story satisfying to me.

There is no justice among men.

I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work.

We deserve better than a win-at-all-costs mentality.

I think he's accomplished so much, I don't think it's fair to put me in the same category as Coach Payton. I think, hopefully, if you achieve even close to what he has in this league, then maybe you start to get mentioned.

There's no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.

Sometimes justice is at its most merciful when it's blind.

Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.