Quotes about Fairness

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.

I'm really focused on Minnesota and Minnesotans, and I will come to Washington, D.C., prepared to be a fierce advocate for Minnesotans, especially around economic opportunity and fairness.

We can't allow ourselves to get lost in the past or the future. We are there for the food and our food is there for us; it is only fair. Eat in mindfulness and you will be worthy of the Earth and the sky.

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.