Pete Gallego Quotes

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

The severest justice may not always be the best policy.

The essence of justice is mercy.

Just vengeance does not call for punishment.

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.

Today we have to learn all over again that love for the sinner and love for the person who has been harmed are correctly balanced if I punish the sinner in the form that is possible and appropriate.

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.

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

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.

I say that justice is truth in action.

Fairness is what justice really is.

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.'

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

Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.

In order that punishment should not be an act of violence perpetrated by one or many upon a private citizen, it is essential that it should be public, speedy, necessary, the minimum possible in the given circumstances, proportionate to the crime, and determined by the law.

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

My job as a prosecutor is to do justice. And justice is served when a guilty man is convicted and an innocent man is not.

It is right to give every man his due.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.

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.

Justice is the truth in action.

I don't believe in vengeance. Really, when all is said and done, I probably don't believe in punishment.

Justice? You get justice in the next world, in this world you have the law.