Quotes about Fairness
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
Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent His Son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins.
- Andy Stanley
Riches, both material and spiritual, can choke you if you do not use them fairly. For not even God can put anything in a heart that is already full.
- Mother Teresa
God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before His hand takes hold on justice.
- Henry Ward Beecher
I let God be the judge and I believe that we worship a just and fair God who won't punish innocent people unnecessarily.
- Jimmy Carter