Quotes about Fairness
Without justice, there can be no peace.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.
— Theodore Roosevelt
It is a wise man who said there is no inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.Fillossofee: Messages From a Grandfather, an ebook
— Thomas Jefferson
Justice is the grammar of things. Mercy is the poetry of things.
— Frederick Buechner
The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I think it's a good rule for politics, too.
— Hillary Clinton
That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798)
— Thomas Jefferson
Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.
— William Goldman
If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won't then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.
— William Howard Taft
The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God.
— Thomas Jefferson
The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.
— Khalil Gibran
Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice.
— Andy Stanley
A holy God is both just and merciful. He is never unjust.
— RC Sproul