Favorite Quotations ~  Fairness Character Counts!: Fairness

"Win or lose, do it fairly." ~ Knute Rockne

Fairness is what justice really is. ~ Potter Stewart

I've always felt that when I do something in the name of fairness, it's not just for me--it's for everybody. ~ Janet Peckinpaugh

Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other ...Fairness treats everbody the same. ~ Barbara Jordan

He could not see a belt without hitting below it. ~ Margot Asquith

Do not complain about life's unfairness. It is never fair. At best it is impartial. ~ David Gemmel

Fair words gladden so many a heart. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor? ~ Bill Watterson

If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead. ~ Johnny Carson

If you treat me fairly, I'll give you all my goods. ~ Alicia Keys

Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. ~ Hubert Humphrey

Four innate sentiments dispose people to a universal moral sense. These are sympathy, fairness, self-control, and duty. ~ James Q Wilson

Fair words never hurt the tongue. ~ George Chapman

One should play fairly when one has the winning cards. ~ Oscar Wilde

How fair is a garden amid the toils and passions of existence? ~ Benjamin Disraeli