Quotes about Fairness

It is always to be taken for granted, that those who oppose an equality of rights never mean the exclusion should take place on themselves.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

We can do better. ...We can't ignore the inequalities that persist in our justice system that undermine our most deeply held values of fairness and equality.

Equality begins with economic empowerment.

The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.

Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.

Whom hast thou then, or what, to accuse, but heaven's free love dealt equally t'all?

Those with extra money discover how much more satisfying it is to see talent and fairness grow than to see objects accumulate. Those without money learn the valuable lesson that money doesn't cure all woes. Instead, it may actually insulate and isolate.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.

The universe does not favour the greedy, the dishonest, the vicious, although on the mere surface it may sometimes appear to do so;

The universe does not favour the greedy, the dishonest, the vicious, although on the mere surface it may sometimes appear to do so; it helps the honest, the magnanimous, the virtuous. All the great Teachers of the ages have declared this in varying forms

If you get so unequal that people believe they don't have a chance, that the field isn't level for them and their children, that puts democracy at risk.