Quotes About Fairness

The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.

And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

All is fair in love and war

Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ... the more merit in your bounty.

Wrong hath but wrong, and blame the due of blame.

Who makes the fairest show means the most deceit.

I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive. Whether I blush or no: howbeit, I thank you.

Why should their liberty than ours be more?

Tedn't fair. Tedn't just. Tedn't British.

Tutti gli esseri umani nascevano uguali e i privilegi erano una creazione dell'uomo.

Tedn't right. Tedn't tidy. Tedn't fair. Tedn't clean. Tedn't good enough.

All comes out even at the end of the day, and all will come out yet more even when all the days are ended.

We, in short, propose to tax luxuries, monopolies, and superfluities, but we scrupulously avoid taxing the necessaries of life.

It would be an ill day for all the world and for the pair of them if they did not go on working together and marching together and sailing together and flying together, whenever something has to be done for the sake of freedom and fair play all over the world. That is the great hope of the future.

The Frogs are getting all they can for nothing, and we are getting nothing for all we can.

Promotion should always go by merit, not by age, for services and not for service.

No people respond more spontaneously to fair play. If you treat Americans well they always want to treat you better. 1943, 29 MAY

Sabe que una injusticia descarada duele más que un castigo merecido.

do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice? It

Anyone who imprisoned people on the ground of ignorance might fairly be confined himself by those who understood what he did not.

A satisfação depende de pegar o que se quer, em vez de esperar pelo que é justo receber. Tudo isto entra na linguagem cotidiana que liga sexo à agressão...

First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered... . Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. Consider none your superior whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly, or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your beliefs and others will listen.

Fairness is not decomposable into other classified strengths, although such characteristics as kindness may lay its foundation and such characteristics as self-regulation may facilitate its implementation.

The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong.