Quotes about Fairness
That equality is a good thing, a fine goal, may be generally accepted. What is lacking is a sense of the monstrosity of inequality .
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
— Abraham Lincoln
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.
— Abraham Lincoln
but let us judge not that we be not judged.
— Abraham Lincoln
This is a world of compensation; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.
— Abraham Lincoln
He is not my equal in many respects, but in his right to enjoy 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,' in his right to put into his mouth the bread that his hands have earned, he is my equal...
— Abraham Lincoln
To secure to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.
— Abraham Lincoln
No plea will protect the innocent from the unjust judge.
— Aesop
You will regret many things in life but you will never regret being too kind or too fair.
— Brian Tracy
The Bible does not tell us that life in this world will be fair. Evil and sin are not Victorian gentlemen; they do not play fair.
— DA Carson
The God of Christianity never claims to be fair. He goes beyond fair. The Bible teaches that he decided not to give us what we deserve--that's mercy. In addition, God decided to give us what we don't deserve--we call that grace.
— Andy Stanley
We have to look and ensure that we're paying attention to what we're doing, so that we don't reflexively institute processes and procedures that exclude people without thought.
— Sonia Sotomayor