Oscar Arias Quotes

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

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

Justice is revenge.

I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.

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

There is no zeal blinder than that which is impaired with the love of justice against offenders.

Justice has been done.

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

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.

Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires.

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

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

Oh, justice is what you're threatened with.

Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

The simplest way of understanding justice is giving people what they deserve. This idea goes back to Aristotle. The real difficulty begins with figuring out who deserves what and why.

I believe in justice, and I believe in people being held responsible for their actions.

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

If we can't have justice, then nobody will have justice.

Shall any man be above justice? Above all shall that man be above it, who can commit the most extensive injustice?

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

All judges had rather that ten innocent should suffer than that one guilty should escape

Justice may be slow, but it does grind inexorably.

Throughout my decade on the bench, I have watched my colleagues strive day in and day out to do just as Socrates said we should - to hear courteously, answer wisely, consider soberly, and decide impartially.

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