Mercy quotes

“We do not train to be merciful here. Mercy is for the weak. Here, in the streets, in competition: a man confronts you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.”
Martin Kove - Kreese

“Merciful death. How you love your precious guilt.”

Tom Cruise - Lestat

“Never show any mercy. If you do, people will take advantage of you.”
Toshiya Agata - Captain Iwasaki

“- Professor Charles Xavier: Erik, you said yourself we're the better men. This is the time to prove it. There are thousands of men on those ships. Good, honest, innocent men. They're just following orders.
- Erik Lehnsherr: I've been at the mercy of men just following orders. Never again.”

James McAvoy - Professor Charles Xavier
Michael Fassbender - Erik Lensherr

“It's a pity the law doesn't allow me to be merciful.”
Geoffrey Rush - Javert

“I want the last face you see in this world to be the face of love, so you look at me when they do this thing. I'll be the face of love for you.”

Susan Sarandon - Sister Helen Prejean

“Our justice must be swift and merciless.”
James Cromwell - Dudley Smith

“If he was comin' in here to take somethin' of mine, you're damn right, I'd shoot to kill. Now if God wants to have mercy on their souls, that's up to him, but I'd shoot to kill!”
Tom Arnold - August Murray

There is a chance he might live though, with your help. To your right is a box. At the back of the box, is a key. It is tied to the trigger of a shotgun. The question you'll have to ask yourself, is this. Are you willing...to take a bullet for the man who killed your son? Does "do on to others as you would have them do on to you" apply here,... (continue)(continue reading)

Tobin Bell - Jigsaw

“- Taro: You expect his mercy? Father, do you know what he will do if I enter his land under a flag of truce?
- Jarol: We have no choice! We must take that risk. You must take that risk, my son, for the sake of Fire Keep, for the sake of your sister. Go, ride swiftly.”

William Ostrander - Taro
Leo Gordon - Jarol

“- Fernand Mondego: What happened to your mercy?
- Edmond Dantes: I'm a count, not a saint.”
Guy Pearce - Fernand Mondego
Jim Caviezel - Edmond Dantes

The judge said to him, "Do you got anything to say for yourself?". And the kid said, "Well I just hope that Your Honor has some regard for the feelings of a poor orphan".

James Stewart - Tom Destry Jr.

“You're a good pupil, Prospero. When your turn comes, I hope you'll remember that there's more justice in this world than mercy... and little enough justice.”
Patrick Macnee - Machiavel

“I am Alexander. And no more than earth has two suns will Asia bear two kings. These are my terms. And if Darius isn't a coward who hides behind his men then he'll come to me tomorrow. And when he bows down to Greece, Alexander will be merciful.”

Colin Farrell - Alexander

“- Quintesson: Would you like to beg for your lives? It sometimes helps... but not often.
- Kup: I can't transform.
- Hot Rod: Keep trying.
- Quintesson: Silence or you'll be held in contempt of this court.
- Hot Rod: I have nothing but contempt for this court.”
Regis Cordic - Quintesson Judge
Lionel Stander - Kup
Judd Nelson - Hot Rod

“- Marco Venier: Do you not like my kiss?
- Veronica Franco: I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so.
- Marco Venier: God made sin, though we might know his mercy.”
Rufus Sewell - Marco Venier
Catherine McCormack - Veronica Franco

“- The Bride: You can relax for now. I'm not going to murder you in front of your child, okay?
- Vernita Green: That's being more rational than Bill led me to believe you were capable of.
- The Bride: It's mercy, compassion, and forgiveness I lack. Not rationality.”
Uma Thurman - The Bride
Vivica A. Fox - Vernita Green

“Maybe he does deserve to die, but now that I see him I do pity him.”

Elijah Wood - Frodo

“- Frodo: Because of Gollum! Oh, Gandalf... what am I to do? What a pity that Bilbo didn't kill that vile creature when he had the chance.
- Gandalf: Yes, it was pity. Pity and mercy.”
Christopher Guard - Frodo
William Squire - Gandalf

“I commit you to His mercy.”

Delroy Lindo - Jackson

“- Kreese: Sweep the leg.
[Johnny stares at him in shock]
- Kreese: Do you have a problem with that?
- Johnny Lawrence: No, Sensei.
- Kreese: No mercy.”

Martin Kove - Kreese
William Zabka - Johnny

- Granny Klump: Cletus, have you ever heard the expression "mercy hump"?
- Papa Klump: Say what?
- Granny Klump: 'Cause that's what you've been getting all these years - mercy humps.
Eddie Murphy - Granny Klump
Eddie Murphy - Papa Klump

“- Megatron: Grant me mercy, I beg of you!
- Optimus Prime: You, who are without mercy, now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff!”

Frank Welker - Megatron
Peter Cullen - Optimus Prime

“- Gilbert's Father: She is a veritable gorgon.
- William Schwenck Gilbert: She is indeed, and she has chosen her own path, and in so doing, she has turned her back on yourself and myself. And for that small mercy we should both of us be eternally grateful.”

Charles Simon - Gilbert's Father
Jim Broadbent - William Schwenck Gilbert

“I won't kill a helpless human being. Not even sadistic scum... like you.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger - Ben Richards