"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." - Adam Smith

⚖️ Justice

“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.”

— Adam Smith

Compassion is beautiful, but not when it comes at the expense of those who've been wronged. True justice holds both mercy and accountability in balance. It's tough, but that's what fairness demands.

More from Adam Smith

“No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.”

— Adam Smith

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.”

— Adam Smith

“No society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the members are poor and miserable”

— Adam Smith

“To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.”

— Adam Smith