Quotes about Equity

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

The overwhelming message of the Atonement is the perfect love the Savior has for each and all of us. It is a love which is full of mercy, patience, grace, equity, long-suffering, and, above all, forgiving.

Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.

the poor man, whom the law does not allow to take an ear of corn when starving, nor a pair of shoes for his freezing feet, is allowed to put his hand into the pocket of the rich, and say, You shall educate me, not as you will, but as I will...

Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person in the universe getting exactly what he deserves. It might give me some confidence in this universe.

Restitution costs: "He shall restore it in full, and shall add a fifth to it." Restitution costs twenty percent according to Leviticus. Guilt requires not simply equity and an even balance, but gift beyond affront. It requires surplus compensation. Such a rule is both economically shrewd and psychologically sound. Israel is required to move beyond grudging restoration, until it is "pressed down and running over.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.

There was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so.

Keep alive the light of justice, And much that men say in blame will pass you by.

The real implication of equal distribution is that each man shall have the wherewithal to supply all his natural needs and no more.