Quotes about Fairness

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Equals should be treated equally and unequals unequally.

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

I shall temper soJustice with mercy.

So far as the object of taxation is to raise a revenue for discharging the debts and defraying the expenses of the community, its operation should be adapted as much as possible to suit the burden with equal hand upon all in proportion with their ability of bearing it without oppression.

We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.

I think that people need to stand up with their backbone and not go to places where they feel like the workers aren't taken care of.

As we say we fight for working people, we have to make sure our policies reflect that.

As John Howard Yoder has said, "If in society we believe in the rights of employees, then the church should be the first employer to deal with workers fairly. If in the wider society we call for the overcoming of racism or sexism or materialism, then the church should be the place where that possibility first becomes real.

I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice.

If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants is back the minute it begins to rain.