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 PaineTags: equality justice democracy law american-revolution fairness governance
The world isn't fair, Calvin."
"I know Dad, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
Tags: humor comics fairness cartoons
I am a person who is unhappy with things as they stand. We cannot accept the world as it is. Each day we should wake up foaming at the mouth because of the injustice of things.
Hugo ClausTags: life injustice unhappiness fairness unfairness restlessness
…it’s better in fact to be guilty of manslaughter than of fraud about what is fair and just.
PlatoTo expect life to treat you good is foolish as hoping a bull won't hit you because you are a vegetarian.
Roseanne BarrTags: life vegetarianism justice fairness bulls
But the vicar of St. Botolph's had certainly escaped the slightest tincture of the Pharisee, and by dint of admitting to himself that he was too much as other men were, he had become remarkably unlike them in this - that he could excuse others for thinking slightly of him, and could judge impartially of their conduct even when it told against him. [from Middlemarch, a quote my mother thinks describes the kind of man my father was]
George EliotTags: strength humility fairness
Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need equality. Kinda now.
Joss WhedonTags: inspirational truth equality feminism freedom-of-choice fairness
Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.
William GoodmanTags: life inspirational death fairness
I mean, I really do think that love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. But I also have to say, for the umpty-umpth time, that life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.
William GoldmanTags: life love death fairness wise-last-chapter
In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange.
Friedrich NietzscheTags: patience fairness good-will
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