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.

states grant a variety of local governments power to meet residents’ needs (source: apex learning). hope this !

well it depends i think people around the world are coming around to gay marriage. but if you are talking abortion then wow, so much to talk about. such as men thinking they have the right to choose if women can, the fact there are health concerns if the women can't get one, and many more arguments to discuss. so i would definitely say abortion would be a much more interesting topic.