Amartya Sen Quotes

As far as I remember, even younger than eight, I have always been guided by reason. Not cold reason, but that which leads to the truth, to the real, and to sane Justice.

Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.

The law is reason unaffected by desire.

A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.

The law is reason, free from passion.

I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal; fairness, however, is not.

Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason....

It is my mission to put sensible and evidence-based information above politics and exaggeration.

My alignment is with what I perceive as just and fair. If it's with the Muslims, then I'm with the Muslims, if it's with the West then I'm with the West. It's about justice and fairness.

Do not banish reason for inequality; but let your reason serve to make the truth appear where it seems hid, and hide the false seems true.

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

I am not an idiot, and I'm not a Pollyanna sort of kumbaya type.

Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.

Justice is truth in action.

Justice can only be dispensed when you have all the facts in front of you.

Common sense often makes good law.

I like to be a very fair person.

Well, logos is science or reason, something that helps us to function practically and effectively in the world, and it must therefore be closely in tune and reflect accurately the realities of the world around us.

In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

You can't have justice unless you have truth.

I think that there's a strain in journalism that believes that anyone who surrenders him- or herself to faith and to belief necessarily checks reason and rationality at the door.

One of the great things about the universe is that it's fair.

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.

I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!