St Thomas More on fairness

When St. Thomas More was Chancellor of England, before he was martyred by Henry VIII, he was known for his fairness, and a movie about him was appropriately titled ‘A Man for all Seasons.’ One day when he was still a judge, a woman who had a case in court, came to speak to him and presented him with a gift, hoping he would favor her cause. He said to her: ‘Take what you brought with you. If you are right, I will give you the credit even without a gift. And if you are wrong, none of the gold this Empire possesses will be enough to even entice me to do an injustice.’ St.Thomas More was eventually killed for not allowing King Henry VIII to divorce his wife.