Fair
Definition: Treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination. Without cheating or trying
to achieve unjust advantage. A beautiful woman. (Of the weather) become fine. A gathering of stalls and
amusements for public entertainment. Smooth the lines of (a vehicle, boat, or aircraft) to reduce drag; streamline.
Number of Quotes: 16
Had the employers of past generations all of them dealt fairly with their employees there would have been no unions.
Stanley Baldwin
For Justice, though she's painted blind,
Is to the weaker side inclin'd,
Hudibras
Samuel Butler (Poet)
A fair day's wage for a fair day's work.
Benjamin Disraeli
A long line of cases shows that it is not merely of some importance, but is of fundamental
importance that justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.
Gordon Hewart
If this is justice, I am a banana.
Ian Hislop
He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and
fair, it's everything that he wants and nothing that you want. And that's his idea of a compromise.
Thomas Hughes
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to
overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
Martin Luther King Jr.
We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Martin Luther King Jr.
In England, Justice is open to all, like the Ritz hotel.
James Mathew
Ordinary people may not understand the meaning of democracy but they've a passionate regard for fair play.
Robert Maxwell
If the parties will at my hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the
one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.
Thomas More
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
George Orwell
What I say is that just
or right
means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.
Plato
I doubt if there is any occupation which is more consistently and unfairly demeaned, degraded, denounced, and deplored than banking.
William Proxmire
One should always play fairly - when one has the winning cards.
Oscar Wilde
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