Quotes about Fairness

You're not being tried by common sense," Horace said. "You're being tried by a jury.

If we had more justice there would be less need of charity.

First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

What men of science want is only a fair day's wages for more than a fair day's work.

Liberals don't ask 'Does it work?' They ask 'Does it equalize?'

A day's work is a day's work, neither more nor less, and the man or woman who does it needs a day's sustenance, a night's repose and due leisure, whether they be painter or ploughman.

I believe in raising the minimum wage and equal pay for work.

Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity.

All people would really want peace and all would want to be sure that they would not be taken advantage of.

Martin Luther King Jr. was an impassioned advocate of economic justice as well as social justice.

The efficient leader leads by encouraging, and not by trying to instil fear in the hearts of his followers. The leader who tries to impress his followers with his "authority" comes within the category of leadership through force. If a leader is a real leader, he will have no need to advertise that fact except by his conduct— his sympathy, understanding, fairness, and a demonstration that he knows his job.