Quotes About Fairness

When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a real historical figure you have to be fair, and this is not an obligation you have in dealing with your own creations, so it is quite different.

When the code of laws is once fixed, it should be observed in the literal sense, and nothing more is left to the judge than to determine whether an action is or is not conformable to the written law.

The idea that there aren't mistakes made constantly in the judicial system is too obvious even to need to mention.

The moral case for gender equality is obvious. It should not need any explanation.

I've become very fond of the law. I've always been an advocate for justice, which occasionally the law brings to light.

I used to say the wealthiest among us have to pay our fair share, which I still occasionally say. That's not dodging the word 'millionaire.'

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow old or else pay more for remaining the same.

Of course there are two sides to the question. Let us look at the other. We often hear "shop-girls" spoken of. No such persons exist. There are girls who work in shops. They make their living that way. But why turn their occupation into an adjective? Let us be fair. We do not refer to the girls who live on Fifth Avenue as "marriage-girls.

We often hear shop-girls spoken of. No such persons exist. There are girls who work in shops. They make their living that way. But why turn their occupation into an adjective? Let us be fair. We do not refer to the girls who live on Fifth Avenue as marriage-girls.

Compassion doesn't take sides—

The gods sell anything and to everybody at a fair price.

Maybe it isn't based on what you deserve. Maybe it's based on what you need.

People are never fair, even when they try to be...and few are the ones who try.

If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first.

Fairness is a wonderful attribute, Major Anderson. It has nothing to do with war.

Poor kid. Nobody's treatin' him fair." Ender gently pushed Bean back against the wall. "I'll tell you how to get a toon. Prove to me you know what you're doing as a soldier. Prove to me you know how to use other soldiers. And then prove to me that somebody's willing to follow you into battle. Then you'll get your toon. But not bloody well until.

Tutti gli animali sono uguali, ma alcuni sono più uguali degli altri

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

Return good for good; return evil with justice.

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

There's little equity in the Lord's gifts.

Would it have done any good? No sir. But that dont make it right.

When you hear a sobbing child say it's not fair you are always hearing the truth.

Might does not make right, said Irving.