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If I say, 'I forgive you,' I have implicitly said you have done something wrong to me. But what forgiveness is at its heart is both saying that justice has been violated and not letting that violation count against the offender. -- Miroslav Volf
Forgiveness does not replace justice. -- Pope Benedict XVI
Forgiveness is no substitute for justice. -- Pope Benedict XVI
There is no peace without justice, and no justice without forgiveness. -- Pope John Paul II
The four absolutes we all have in our minds: love, justice, evil, and forgiveness. -- Ravi Zacharias
Forgiveness doesn't diminish justice; it just entrusts it to God. He guarantees the right retribution. -- Max Lucado
Because God's justice is inexorable, it is hard to obtain forgiveness for sins committed with complete deliberation. -- Marcus Eremita
Christianity teaches that when man sinned, God opted for forgiveness rather than fairness. He opted for grace and mercy rather than justice. -- Andy Stanley
In essence, we are deeper than being; we are character, which contains the conscious forces of love, justice, kindness, faith, and forgiveness. -- Garey Gordon
The Christian gospel is a summons to peace, calling for justice beyond anger, mercy beyond justice, forgiveness beyond mercy, love beyond forgiveness. -- Wendell Berry
It isn't easy, it doesn't count if it's easy, it's the hardest thing. Forgiveness. Which is maybe where love and justice finally meet. -- Tony Kushner
Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that. -- Nancy Grace

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