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with justice or fairness to all

equitable treatment of all citizens

It had formerly been my endeavour to study all sides of his character: to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
an equitable distribution of gifts among the children
It was, to my mind, a very fair and equitable distribution.
Agatha Christie -- The Mysterious Affair at Styles
...enthusiasm, which he distributed on the equitable principle of praising those things most which were most in need of praise.
George Eliot -- Middlemarch
I shall be happy to make an equitable arrangement respecting the fees which have been paid in advance for the current term.
George Bernard Shaw -- An Unsocial Socialist
"Nicole and I will talk things over," said Dick equitably.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
Could an equitable God have allowed such a thing?
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
Indeed, according to a study by who, Cuba had the world's most equitably distributed medicine.
Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
They could protect themselves from equitable sacrifices or, in emergencies, to extort unreasonable indulgences.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2
The matter was settled at the time, and by the competent authorities,—equitably, it is to be presumed,—and, at all events, irrevocably.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
Some ill-conditioned growling fellow may say to me, 'What's the use of these legal and equitable abuses?
Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
No: it is to hold up motor cars and secure a more equitable distribution of wealth.
George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
An equitable trade agreement with Britain was much the most important and pressing objective.
David McCullough -- John Adams
Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
This would neither be equitable as it respected New York nor safe as it respected the other States.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers
I pray some equitable exchange of captives can be arranged before too very long.
George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings
Early in the day, these architects had made an equitable division of their duties.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pioneers
It would seem a fair and equitable way to run a world.
Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
But I had a lot on my mind and wasn't feeling particularly equitable.
Becca Fitzpatrick -- Hush, Hush

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