Quotes About Equity

Equity bids us be merciful to the weakness of human nature; to think less about the laws than about the man who framed them, and less about what he said than about what he meant; not to consider the actions of the accused so much as his intentions; nor this or that detail so much as the whole story; to ask not what a man is now but what he has always or usually been.

La justicia encierra y comprende en sí misma todas las virtudes, porque la justicia es la práctica de la virtud perfecta, y su perfección reside en el hecho de quien la ejerce y la posee; éste no lo hace sólo respecto de sí mismo, sino también respecto de los demás

Equals should be treated equally and unequals unequally.

It's every man's business to see justice done.

No hay libertad sin justicia

Gerechtigkeit kann innerhalb der Ungerechtigkeit nie geschaffen werden.

One must always be prepared to switch sides with justice, that fugitive of the winning camp.

It's every man's business to see justice done.

That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

Full equity partnership is the highest pinnacle, way above the first rung of partnership. It's the most prestigious job in law. I never, ever, ever expected that.

Not if you rule unjustly.

But if these men are wrong, let them suffer nothing worse than they mete out to me— these masters of injustice!

One doesn't expect justice from life ... it's the function of human beings to put it there.

The universe is eight billion years old, the last two billion of which have produced intelligent life. During this time not one hour of absolute equity has prevailed.

An eye for an eye will only make the world bright. Sorry, Mahatma. This is the absolute and only true form of justice.

I feel if you believe in equality, you have to believe in it for everybody. And that's the way I've always lived my life.

I shall temper soJustice with mercy.

A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you'd be willing to enter it in a random place

a fim de tratar as pessoas igualitariamente, a sociedade deve dar atenção àqueles com menos dotes inatos e aos oriundos de posições sociais menos favoráveis. A ideia é de reparar o desvio das contingências na direção da igualdade

It may be expedient but it is not just that some should have less in order that others may prosper.

we do not call anything justice which is not a virtue

A horse is a horse,it ain´t make a difference what color it is

The weakest arm is strong enough that strikes with the sword of justice.

Cruelty links all three primitives [pleasure, pain, and desire]: Spinoza defines it as the desire to inflict pain on someone we love or pity. Financial speaking, cruelty is analogous to a convertible bond whose debt and equity depend on three economic underliers: the stock price, the level of interest rates, and the credit worthiness of the company's debt.