Quotes About Fairness

mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice

That's the first rule of command; be consistent! You can be sadistic, you can be lazy, you can be stupid, but if you're consistent the crew will still let you sit in when they play dominoes.

The universe has no favourites; it is supremely just, and gives to every man his rightful earnings.

The idea that we need to "pay our dues" is a lie told to us by people who wanted our efforts and labor on the cheap.

Judge wisely or be judged accordingly

Thou should not judge harshly, because thou too will be so judged by the same measure

If only Mexico paid their workers a decent wage.

Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

We will never find contentment—freedom from that angry feeling of unfairness—by getting the things that are rightfully ours. We will find it by letting go of our entitlement to them.

If I give all I have and you give all you have, isn't that a kind of equality? No, he says.

Maidens, be they never so foolish, yet being fair they are commonly fortunate.

By "global ethics," the Dalai Lama means that all people must take personal responsibility for ensuring human rights, fairness, equality, and environmental protection, regardless of their belief system.

People are always complaining that life's not fair, but that simply isn't true. Life is extraordinarily fair. It's just not centered on you.

When we believe there is not enough, that resources are scarce, then we accept that some will have what they need and some will not. We rationalize that someone is destined to end up with the short end of the stick.

In the meantime, it's unfair of me to use my expectations as the standard for their behavior or hold it against them when they don't live up to my hopes.

Without justice, a society cannot be Islamic regardless of its label. It i that simple

To a small "d" democrat, process matters more than ideology. The fairness of an election is more important than who wins. There is not, on most questions of policy, a single democratic answer. Concerns arise only when leaders try to augment their power through means that could cause permanent damage to democratic institutions.

The 2008 financial crisis reinforced this trend by causing many citizens to doubt the competence of their leaders and to question the fairness of systems that seem to protect the wealthy at the expense of everyone else.

It's not fair," I said. "It cannot be." "Those are two different things," my grandmother said.

No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.

It is not fair," I said. "It cannot be." "Those are two different things," my grandmother said.

All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop those talents.

Life's not fair but not always to your disadvantage.

Sure, it was your idea and your fly, but he caught the big fish. Remember, fairness is a human idea largely unknown in nature.