John Rawls Quotes

We understand the concept of equality, that we all want to be equal. But I think this is absolutely not true. I don't think anybody really wants to be equal. Everybody wants to be more equal.

If there is to be justice in the world, American must create it.

Don’t conflate the morality of the death penalty with its unjust distribution among those who are guilty … Equality is less important, morally, than justice … We ought to distribute justice as equally as we can, even though we cannot distribute it perfectly.

No one enjoys being equal.

… all men have equal rights; but not to equal things.

If the United States is to survive, long standing concepts of fair play must be reconsidered.

It is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has made nothing equal; her sovereign law is subordination and dependence.

The true meaning of the word ‘Equality’ is—“No one better off than I am."

It is definitely true that adversity and hardship are not evenly distributed.

The world is not based on fairness. Human beings can rise to fairness, can administer something that makes it fair or just. But that's not God.

I certainly feel injustice. I'm no foreigner to that, whether it's real or perceived.

Equalising performance between teams runs completely counter to the idea of F1 and would be very unfair for us.

It's kind of heartbreaking when I talk about it now, I still get very moved by the lack of opportunities that were available to myself and to the very few others who were Hispanic young actresses.

Obviously there aren't many opportunities for someone who looks like me to walk in fashion shows. It's incredibly frustrating.

Everything is different when you're not in the starting position.

The difference between equity and equality is that equality is everyone get the same thing and equity is everyone get the things they deserve.

If the power was equitable, then our boards, then our commissions, our contracting, our wealth-building opportunities would all look very different.

If there is something that determines my motivation in the work I do, it's the sense of injustice.

There is nothing wrong with fighting, but when you're fighting an uphill battle on an uneven playing field, that's what I don't like.

I've got all the tools to make it hard for anyone, especially someone that's a division lower than me.

Life's not fair, I guess.

Discrimination in any form is wrong. I don't support discrimination in any form.

I have always had an extreme sensitivity to inequality.

Not all of us are born with the same role models and grasp things the same way.

I don't want advantages for my team. I want the same rest as our opponents. It's very difficult to do this? I don't think so.