Quotes About Fairness

Richard had not been minded to levy any tax at all upon the common people. "Why should they pay of the little they have, when there is immeasurable wealth in the hands of a few nobles?

His biggest rule was that you didn't involve anyone who wasn't already playing the game. Or, as he phrased it, if you have to kill innocent bystanders, then your planning is at fault and someone should best eliminate you.

How can you judge something fairly when you don't know what the rules are? You can't play God, because you aren't God.

Judging a man is easy. Compassion is hard.

There may be liberty and justice for all, but there are tax breaks only for some.

A unjust law, is no law at all.

Here we must first of all resist all wrong, where truth or righteousness suffers violence or need, and dare make no distinction of persons, as some do, who fight most actively and busily against the wrong which is done to the rich, the powerful, and their own friends; but when it is done to the poor, or the despised or their own enemy, they are quiet and patient.

Where the happy medium cannot be attained, it is better and safer to fall short on this side than on that; that is, too much mercy is better than too much punishment. One can withdraw and reduce too much mercy; but punishment cannot be taken back, especially where it touches body, life, or limb.

It is not fitting that one man should live in idleness on another's labor, or be rich and live comfortably at the cost of another's hardship

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

In the law of Moses, God forbade the judges to take a gift: "Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise and change the words of the just." (Deut. 16:19).

he saw to it that the greatest number did not have the greatest power – a principle that we should always stand by in politics.

No one did me wrong whom I did not pay back in full

Those who have punished others without a hearing,' they insisted, 'ought not to have the right to be heard themselves.

The bottom line is that it is politically naïve (as well as unfair) for a government to underfund the state education system and to take little effective action on social justice, and then to blame 'leading universities' for not righting the wrongs they have perpetuated.

It's only fair that stable gay relationships of long standing should have the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. I know the image of gay marriage is to some people horrific and ludicrous.

The love of justice in most men is simply the fear of suffering injustice.

All's fair in love and war.

unfortunately just

I don't reckon men are supposed to think," Sally said philosophically, as the pile of hemp rope grew at her feet. "That's why God gave 'em big muscles." Mandy tilted her head sideways for a second. "Makes as much sense as anything else." Sophie nodded. "Men do the lifting and women do the thinking. That sounds fair. I suppose God could have planned it that way.

stopped him, pushing him to his feet again by the tip of my sword. "It shouldn't matter if I am a tavern maid or a princess. When I see you treating others with respect without regard to their station—or anatomy—then your apology will mean something." I

The law, which even in those hard days — popularly known as the good old times, by the way — was supposed to regard an accused person as innocent until his or her guilt was duly established, did not afford the suspected individual much opportunity of proving that innocence. The prisoner's counsel was not allowed to plead for his client.

Justice to the dead first," he said; "mercy to the living afterward.

There's one rule for the men and another for us,