Quotes about Fairness

He who would weigh well and rightly his own doings would not be the man to judge severely of another.

Justice is in subjects as well as in rulers.

Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.

justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is dissolution.

No man ought to despise or in any way injure another man without urgent cause: and, consequently, unless we have evident indications of a person's wickedness, we ought to deem him good, by interpreting for the best whatever is doubtful about him.

We should certainly honor the principle that all people are equal in God's sight and entitled to equal protection of the laws as well as fair, courteous, and respectful treatment. But there is no moral imperative that we adopt the notion that all belief systems are equally true. There is a moral imperative that we do not.

that no one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them.

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

"Do other men for they would do you." That's the true business precept.

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

My dear young lady, crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone. The youngest and fairest are too often its chosen victims.

I must bear the consequences as I deserve!