fairness Quotes

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. I did not act as though I were a black man in a white man's court, but as if everyone else - white and black - was a guest in my court. When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language.

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

It is right to give every man his due.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.