Koila Nailatikau Quotes

You wanna know people are held accountable if they engage in misconduct and that no one is above the law.

The cycle of impunity must be broken …. Authorities must be held responsible …. Without accountability, democracy cannot be consolidated. We will remove the veil of impunity that covers the truth.

We're here to put an end to the policy of official impunity.

From this window we see the palace where the King is misled by perfidious counsels. Terror and fear have often issued from yon palace: let them return to-day in the name of the law, and let all those who inhabit that palace know that the King is alone inviolable, that the law will strike down the guilty without respect of persons, and that there is not a guilty head which can escape its sword.

China has not established the rule of law and thus there is no justice.

My goal for reform is not necessarily to pass laws but to make sure the laws are being followed.

To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope.

The spine of the FBI is the rule of law. The spine of the FBI is a commitment to doing the right thing, in the right way, while protecting civil liberties.

Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason.

The rule of law must apply equally to everyone, irrespective of status in society or class divisions; it is this equal application that is the bulwark of modern democracies.

Free integral elections should be guaranteed, where values of justice and rule of law also prevail.

The net of law is spread so wide, No sinner from its sweep may hide. Its meshes are so fine and strong They take in every child of wrong. O wondrous web of mystery ! Big fish alone escape from thee !

To govern the state by law is to praise the right and blame the wrong.

There is an inherent tension between the role of amnesties … and the goal of accountability .... Amnesties encourage ex-combatants to disarm and demobilize, advancing the goal of peace in the short term while doing the least possible harm to the goals of truth, justice, reparation and reform – transitional justice values that are contribute to durable peace in the long term. Some view amnesties as sources of impunity that compromise transitional justice by removing the possibility of criminal accountability. Amnesties covering the most serious crimes may also be seen as undermining victim's rights. In such instances, amnesties can damage public confidence in the rule of law.

Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.

In Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil, those who disrespect the law will feel the weight of that very same law.

We are a nation of laws, and breaking those laws have consequences.

One of the emphases of the new democratic order is no impunity.

The West has institutions that can punish the misconduct of individuals. What drove Rwanda and Africa into decline was the fact that certain people weren't held accountable. When we move to make corrupt mayors or officers answer to the courts, people always immediately say that we are repressive. But should we allow these people to continue to get away with it?

There is no peace precisely because there has been no justice. As painful and inconvenient as justice may be, we have seen that the alternative allowing accountability to fall by the wayside is worse.

We will not rest until we see the suspects behind bars.

You cannot strengthen the law by violating the law.

I shall support the law, for the law gentlemen, is the firm and solid basis of civil society, the guardian of liberty, the protection of the innocent, the terror of the guilty, and the scourge of the wicked.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

The Law is the Law!