What does this quote mean? " to punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty." -maximilien robespierre

This quote means that when the oppressors are punished, it shows goodness to the people that are oppressed and the sometime it doesn’t let them get away with it. But the forgiven let them continue being oppressors and it also means that the justice is denied and it is cruel to the people that are oppressed.

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explanation:

the earthquake in haiti was a magnitude of 7.0 according to the u.s geological survey yet the smaller earthquake in haiti killed more than 200,000 and left more than 1.2 million people homeless. the chile earthquake was a magnitude of 8.8 and 500 times more stronger but chile's earthquake only injured 712 people.