Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Justice should not admit a public's thirst for pure revenge.

He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?

Justice is revenge.

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

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I believe in two eyes for an eye.

The essence of justice is mercy.

The law is cruel.

To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.

Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.

A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice.

The severest justice may not always be the best policy.

Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

Compassion is no substitute for justice.

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

To me, I think justice is part of forgiving, if it is well done with love.

Our sense of fairness tells us that people should pay for the wrong they do.

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.

Retaliation is sometimes mercy, mercy to both parties

Let the punishment fit the crime. Noxiae poena par esto.

I want no mercy. I want justice, justice, justice.

There is no justice if wrongdoers go unpunished and victims do not feel avenged.

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.

In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.'