Justice As Fairness Quotes

#1. Justice as fairness provides what we want.

John Rawls

#2. I have tried to set forth a theory that enables us to understand and to assess these feelings about the primacy of justice. Justice as fairness is the outcome: it articulates these opinions and supports their general tendency.

John Rawls

#3. Stand up for what is right against the wrong.

Suzy Kassem

#4. All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't.

Charles Bukowski

#5. Guilt is a relative term, as are fairness, justice, and punishment.

Brian Haig

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

Roseanne Barr

#7. Statesmen can strive for the universal values of justice, fairness, and tolerance, but only so far as they do not interfere with the quest for power, which to him is synonymous with survival.

Robert D. Kaplan

#8. Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)

Seneca.

#9. As a young man on the streets of Derry, I saw Ian Paisley as an immortal opponent of everything to do with equality, justice, fairness, and respect for Irishness.

Martin McGuinness

#10. 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

#11. 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.

Hillary Clinton

#12. Sports events do not really exist at all unless there is a certain order and fairness - justice in each event.

Michael Novak

#13. You can be a career professional as a judge, a prosecutor, sometimes as a defense attorney, and never insist on fairness and justice. That's tragic and that's what we have to change.

Bryan Stevenson

#14. The universe had an odd sense of fairness; it took away things one did not want to give up, and then gave things one did not ask for.

Laila Lalami

#15. Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

#16. The supreme need of the world is peace and good will among men. It must be peace founded upon justice and fairness, the righting of past wrong, and the securing of the future as far as possible against the evils of the past.

Charles M. Schwab

#17. People can overcome their differences, and when united, move toward a world of greater fairness and justice. As in folk music, each person has a unique role to play.

Peter Yarrow

#18. Never be discouraged from being an activist because people tell you that you'll not succeed. You have already succeeded if you're out there representing truth or justice or compassion or fairness or love.

Doris "Granny D" Haddock

#19. A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close the gap between the affluent and those who must be satisfied with the crumbs falling from the table, but above all to satisfy the demands of justice, fairness and respect for every human being.

Pope Francis

#20. As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more important than service

Wangari Maathai

#21. Progress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth.

Rush Limbaugh