Compassion Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality

— Susan B. Anthony

When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to what is proper for all conditions…

— Thomas Jefferson

The foundations of liberty are private property and the rule of law; this system guarantees the fewest possible forms of injustice, produces the greatest…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Liberty and equality, spontaneity and security, happiness and knowledge, mercy and justice - all these are ultimate human values, sought for themselves alone; yet…

— Isaiah Berlin

If justice, good faith, honor, gratitude and all the other qualities which enoble the character of a nation, and fulfill the ends of Government…

— James Madison

“Each person possesses and inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. For this reason, justice denies…

— John Rawls

“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected…

— John Rawls

Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.

— Isaiah Berlin

Equality as a principle is at the heart of our democracy.

— Raja Krishnamoorthi

Principles focusing on equality and fairness, those are principles that we can't let go of.

— Niki Ashton

If there be any one principle more widely than another confessed by every utterance, or more sternly than another imprinted on every atom of…

— John Ruskin

Our search for such [moral] principles can start with . . . the unconditional imperative to acknowledge every person as a person. If we…

— Paul Tillich