Quotes About Fairness

Shelley says some people were born on third base and some people were born outside the ballpark, and the journey to home plate ain't the same for all. Wouldn't it be better for everyone to, like, find a way to get everybody in the game?

Life's like forever becoming But life's forever dealing in hurt Now life's like death without living That's what life's like without you ... What good are these thoughts that I'm thinking It must be better not to be thinking at all A styrofoam lover with emotions of concrete No not much, not much at all ... What's good? What's good? Not much at all Life's good- But not fair at all - What's Good - The Thesis from Magic and Loss

There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth.

I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all.

He was an emotional communist. Everyone counted equally, but none too much.

He had loads of colleagues, acquaintances, buddies. He was an emotional communist. Everyone counted equally, but none too much.

He expected people to play fair. Rules meant order. Without them they'd be killing each other. It began with butting in, with parking in disabled spaces, with smoking in elevators. And it ended in murder.

The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.

He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.

Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys, and that, when they became teachers, women received only half as much as men for their services, the injustice of this distinction was so apparent.

perché si de' punir donna o biasmare che con uno o più d'uno abbia commesso quel che l'uom fa con quante n'ha appetito e lodato ne va, non che impunito? Sono fatti in questa legge disuguale Veramente alle donne espressi torti

Within a world of free trade and democracy there are no incentives for war and conquest. In such a world it is of no concern whether a nation's sovereignty stretches over a larger or a smaller territory. Its citizens cannot derive any advantage from the annexation of a province. Its territorial problems can be treated without bias and passion; it is not painful to be fair to other people's claims for self-determination.

If Capitalism improves the economic position all round, it is of secondary importance that it does not raise all to the same level. A social order is not bad simply because it helps one more than the other.

Soñar despierto con un mundo "justo" que lo trataría de acuerdo con su "valor real" es el refugio de todos aquellos plagados de falta de autoconocimiento.

What good is the legal process if people can decide their motives are bigger than the law?

Teachers deserve respect, I explain. Why do they get it for free, when everyone else has to earn it? I blink at him, speechless. Because the world isn't fair, I think, but Jacob already knows that better than most of us.

Morally, no one has the right to judge anyone else. But legally, it's not a right - it's a responsibility.

Ms. Cormier, who has the right to judge someone else? Well, she said. That depends on whether you're judging in a moral sense or a legal sense. Morally, no one has the right to judge anyone else. But legally, its not a right-it's a responsibility.

I look at her. "The first one sounds fair. The second one is fair. It's equal to give a printed test to two kids. But if one's blind and one's sighted, that's not true. You ought to give one a Braille test and one a printed test, which both cover the same material. All

Equality is treating everyone the same. But equity is taking differences into account, so everyone has a chance to succeed." I look at her. "The first one sounds fair. The second one is fair. It's equal to give a printed test to two kids. But if one's blind and one's sighted, that's not true. You ought to give one a Braille test and one a printed test, which both cover the same material.

Once, when her brothers had been fighting over who got more spaghetti for dinner, her mother had said, You don't look at another person's plate to see if they have more than you. You look to see if they have enough.

It struck her that dispensing justice was really more about being present and engaged than anything else—unlike

A government of laws, and not of men

Forgiveness breaks the cycle! It doesn't settle all the questions of blame, justice, or fairness, but it does allow relationships to heal and possibly start over.