Friday, May 11, 2007

In Fairness

Investigate well, show favour to none, maintain impartiality, consult the law, then give judgment — that is the way of justice. Thiruvalluvar, Thirukural Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment. Mohandas Gandhi We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it. Their perch and not their terror. Shakespeare, Measure for Measure 2.1.1 The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give every man his due. Justinian I, Byzantine Somebody does somethin' stupid, that's human. They don't stop when they see it's wrong, that's a fool. Elvis Presley Sadbhavana means having good feelings towards everybody. It is about the need for compassion without boundaries, without interests. Sunil Dutt I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal; fairness, however, is not. Michael Pollan

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