Category Equality

Here are some powerful quotes about equality along with their authors:

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.” — Tom Robbins
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” — Nelson Mandela
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” — George Orwell
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” — Audre Lorde
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter their color.” — Maya Angelou
“By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.” — Thomas Aquinas
“We are all alike, on the inside.” — Mark Twain
“The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.” — Unknown

Category Fairness

Here are some insightful quotes about fairness along with their authors:

“Life isn’t fair, it’s just fairer than death, that’s all.” — William Goldman
“Consider none your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly, or they will seek revenge.” — Christopher Paolini
“Well, it may have escaped your notice, but life isn’t fair.” — J.K. Rowling
“We don’t need to be good. But let’s try to be fair.” — Holly Black
“Look, I’m human. It’s hard to be fair sometimes. We don’t always feel the right thing, do the right thing.” — Stephenie Meyer
“The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.” — Bryan Stevenson
“If you still believe in fairness, then you’ve led a very lucky life.” — Leigh Bardugo
“Fairness is giving all people the treatment they earn and deserve. It doesn’t mean treating everyone alike.” — John Wooden
“These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.” — Abraham Lincoln
“A fair-minded person tries to see both sides of an argument.” — Aesop
“It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.” — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don’t let them drag you into the mud.” — Richard Branson
“All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.” — Aristotle
“Fairness is man’s ability to rise above his prejudices.” — Wes Fesler
“There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.” — Pope John Paul II
“Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other …Fairness treats everybody the same.” — Barbara Jordan
“The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.” — Abigail Van Buren
“Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.” — Victor Hugo
“Win or lose, do it fairly.” — Knute Rockne
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