Cesare Beccaria Quotes

The severest justice may not always be the best policy.

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

It's important we understand our system seeks justice and not revenge.

Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

The essence of justice is mercy.

There is no such thing as justice—in or out of court.

Every law must be just in every part of it, but if the penalty annexed be unjust, how can it be held forth as a just law?

There is such a thing as justice which is not necessarily the same thing as law.

Judges have a hard job. It's not just putting someone in jail or slapping someone on the wrist and giving them a punishment, but it's protecting society as a whole.

Without justice, the most heinous crimes go unpunished; victims are unable to obtain redress, and peace remains an elusive goal, since impunity generates more hatred, leading to acts of revenge and more suffering.

Any legitimate system of criminal justice must first concern itself with justice. If just punishments also deter, rehabilitate, or protect, all the better.

It is essential that justice be done, and it is equally vital that justice not be confused with revenge, for the two are wholly different.

Justice satisfies everybody.

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

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

In terms of justice, the most important thing is not to be part of organized crime.

I say that justice is truth in action.

The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards.

Fairness is what justice really is.

This is the time that I really miss being in my courtroom because I believe that that's the last place in this country where there's supposed to be fairness.

Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.

The law is reason, free from passion.

We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.