Fairness Quotes

We tend to think that God doesn’t struggle with mundane things like frustrations and anger. But one of his major points of frustrations is WHEN there is no man to stand for justice, fairness and equity

~ Sunday Adelaja

We naturally think from our own perspective, from a point of view which tends to privilege our position. Fairness implies the treating of all relevant viewpoints alike without reference to one's own feelings or interests. Because we tend to be biased in favor of our own viewpoint, it is important to keep the standard of fairness at the forefront of our thinking. This is especially important when the situation may call on us to see things we don't want to see, or give something up that we want to hold onto.

~ Linda Elder

Make not, when you work a deed of shame, The scoundrel's plea, 'My forbears did the same.

~ Al-Maʿarri

The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good. There are few things wholly evil, or wholly good. -- Abraham Lincoln, Original Quote

~ Seth Grahame-Smith

Those are just platitudes. Everyone has his own idea of playing fair. Does he? Try making up your own idea of what's fair--say, giving the greatest rewards to the laziest workers--and see how seriously people take you.

~ J. Budziszewski

Especially when it comes to animals used for food, humanity’s reasoning power and concern about fairness plummets.

~ Karen Davis

Nations, like men, are wary of truth, for truth is too often not beautiful.

~ Addison Gayle Jr.

Life is energy, give others the energy you want to receive from others!

~ Stan The Man Sa

It is about time that, atheist or no, we call a spade a spade, and outed lies, and suspicious statements are placed against the backdrop of a linguistic litmus test.

~ Leviak B. Kelly

And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof of the sublime flux of existence, the capricious music of the universe- and go on about our tasks

~ Tom Robbins

…our world did not fall because we did not believe in fairness… our world fell because it could no longer support the enormous weight we had put upon it, in the name of fairness.

~ Leot Felton

Humans pursuing deep, complete connections respond to quite different incentives from those that influence self-interested utility maximizers. Rewards, monitoring, and punishments are less likely to be effective than engagement, communication, norms, socialization, identity, and common purpose. They share not out of a calculation of reciprocity but from a psychological pleasure in sharing. Those seeking connections make decisions from their hearts as well as their heads, influenced by emotion, fairness, empathy, and intuition. Their behavior, thoughts, feelings, and even personal attributes are highly socially contingent. The range of humanity includes individuals who display every possible combination of selfishness and sociability.

~ Anne-Marie Slaughter

Fairness is a term that is interpreted different ways. For the government, fair is whatever suits their needs.

~ Kenneth Eade

The country he had left thirty years ago had been a realistic place. There were political realities there, then and now, that precluded blind faith, that discouraged one from thinking that everything, always, would work out fairly and equitably. But he had come to believe such things in the United States. Things had worked out. Difficulties had been overcome. He had worked hard and achieved success. The machinery of government functioned.

~ Dave Eggers

So why don’t Americans cheat? Because they think that their system is legitimate. People accept authority when they see that it treats everyone equally, when it is possible to speak up and be heard, and when there are rules in place that assure you that tomorrow you won’t be treated radically different from how you are treated today. Legitimacy is based on fairness, voice and predictability, and the U.S. government, as much as Americans like to grumble about it, does a pretty good job of meeting all three standards. Pg. 293

~ Malcolm Gladwell

Housing is a human right. There can be no fairness or justice in a society in which some live in homelessness, or in the shadow of that risk, while others cannot even imagine it.

~ Jordan Flaherty

Uniformity in the common law, consisting of broad principles like the reasonable person standard, generally permits adjustment for the circumstances. This type of uniform principle is almost synonymous with fairness. Uniform application of a detailed rule, on the other hand, will almost always favor one group over another. p. 34

~ Philip K. Howard

The you only live once theory: Many people say that they do not believe in reincarnation; they believe when you die, you're dead. What about fish, clams, horses, bears, flies? People that say you only live once are saying some souls get to live just one life as a worm, and that is it for all of eternity.Other people believe you are judged by a god after you die. Is the worm judged?

~ Michael Smith

To expect life to treat you good is foolish as hoping a bull won't hit you because you are a vegetarian.

~ Roseanne Barr

Do not complain of life's unfairness. It is never fair - at best it is impartial.

~ David Gemmell

In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

~ Euripides

Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarcy, that in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other.

~ Thomas Paine

Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

~ Victor Hugo

ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.

~ Aeschylus

A blind Justice is merely an impartial Justice. True Justice would have eyes in the back of her head and a pair of mismatched shoes.

~ Eli Ashpence

A subtle reason for apathy is that justice rarely has much to do with our lives. Unless we've personally been victims of injustice, we can take for granted that life is generally fair.

~ Ken Wytsma

The being who patiently endures injustice, and silently bears insults, will soon become unjust, or unable to discern right from wrong.

~ Mary Wollstonecraft

What's fair ain't necessarily right.

~ Toni Morrison

When there is injustice someone should speak. When there is unfairness someone should act.We cannot have liberty and justice for all if we only want it only for ourselves. We must serve God in humble righteousness.

~ Tom Krause

First: each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive liberty compatible with similar liberty for others. Second: social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both (a) reasonably expected to be to everyone's advantage, and (b) attached to positions and offices open to all.

~ John Rawls

Be fair, just and kind.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Stand up for Truth even it means standing alone.

~ Suzy Kassem

Stand up for what is fair against the unfair.

~ Suzy Kassem

You are not for the left or right team, but for what is right against the wrong.

~ Suzy Kassem

Fair has nothing to do with it. This is the law – it has nothing to do with justice.

~ Kenneth Eade

Fair is irrelevant. This is the law – it has nothing to do with justice.

~ Kenneth Eade

Unconditional love is something people achieve once they’ve given themselves over completely to someone. Once they’ve decided that no matter what the other person does, they will always love them.

~ Sarah Noffke

Striking a balance in life is tough, but trying to strike balance and remain fair in the face of imbalance and oppression is even tougher.

~ Aisha Mirza

Whether Maycomb knows it or not, we're paying the highest tribute we can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.''Who?' Aunt Alexandra never knew she was echoing her twelve-year-old nephew.'The handful of people in this town who that that fair play is not marked White Only; the handful of people who say a fair trial is for everybody, not just us; the handful of people with enough humility to think, when they look at a Negro, there but for the Lord's kindness am I.

~ Harper Lee

No one would argue that we owe a debt of gratitude to the Goliath Corporation. They helped us to rebuild after the Second War and it should not be forgotten. Of late, however, it seems as though the Goliath Corporation is falling far short of its promises of fairness and altruism. We are finding ourselves now in the unfortunate position of continuing to pay back a debt that has long since been paid--with interest...

~ Jasper Fforde