All the best Quote by Juan Pablo Escobar
![“It's very difficult to resort to hating [Pablo Escobar] when all he gave you his entire life was love and all the best he ever had.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/14c/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_all-the-best_it-s-very-difficult-to-resort-to-hating_1904600.jpg)
“It's very difficult to resort to hating [Pablo Escobar] when all he gave you his entire life was love and all the best he ever had.”
About This Quote
Source Interview: Discussing father’s legacy, 2020
Even a criminal’s life can contain love and positive moments, making hatred complex and unjustified
In simple terms: Recognizing love in a villain complicates hatred
Key Takeaway
Acknowledge humanity even in those who harm
Themes
family
forgiveness
complexity
Mood
conflicted
reflective
Type
philosophical
emotional
When to use this quote
- family gatherings
- personal reflection
- therapy sessions
- community dialogue
Key Concepts
moral ambiguity
humanizing the enemy
emotional conflict
Questions to Reflect On
- Can love coexist with condemnation of wrongdoing?
- How do we honor positive memories without condoning crimes?
A Different Perspective
Love does not excuse harmful actions; moral judgment remains necessary
![“Sadly, [Pablo Escobar] ended up throwing away the one opportunity he had. I naively thought, as a son and as many other Colombians, that he would take this opportunity to make amends with the country.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/54f/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_amends_sadly-pablo-escobar-ended-up-throwing-aw_127586.jpg)
![“I think [Pablo Escobar] wasted an incredibly opportunity which was when he stayed at the prison he made, La Catedral. It was the one chance that the government and the people of Colombia gave him to confess his illicit activities and to remain in one place with very favorable conditions.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4cb/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_activity_i-think-pablo-escobar-wasted-an-incredib_2230994.jpg)
![“Throughout the series [Narcos], I appear younger and younger - I don't know why that is particular to Netflix, to show the evolution of Pablo Escobar's children in that manner.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e29/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_children_throughout-the-series-narcos-i-appear-yo_2227306.jpg)
![“I would go to the office to visit my father [Pablo Escobar] and regardless of who he was meeting, he would drop everything to receive me in his office. In the series, the priorities that my father demonstrates are completely inverted and untrue.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f5a/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_father_i-would-go-to-the-office-to-visit-my-fat_2158974.jpg)
![“In reality, my father [Pablo Escobar ] always interrupted others to be with his family. My father's priority was always the family.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad3/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_family_in-reality-my-father-pablo-escobar-alway_1512712.jpg)
![“When I was 7 years old and my father [Pablo Escobar] tells me "my profession is that of a bandido (a bandit) that is what I do" - these are the words he tells me after the assassination of the Minister of Justice ordered by my father himself in 1984 - it's very difficult to react to that when you…” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8df/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_assassination_when-i-was-7-years-old-and-my-father-pab_1423811.jpg)
![“I was perhaps one of the few people that were not part of [Pablo Escobar] group of yes-men because I was not a direct beneficiary of the violence that his actions generated.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b82/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_action_i-was-perhaps-one-of-the-few-people-that_1359009.jpg)
![“I did not like [Pablo Escobar] actions because I did not think it was right to have bombs placed in a non-discriminatory fashion throughout the entire country.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0d2/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_action_i-did-not-like-pablo-escobar-actions-bec_1352971.jpg)
![“I knew something was wrong that day, he made the mistakes [Pablo Escobar] had never committed throughout the last 10 years as the most wanted man in the world in one day. He never used the phone, he only did the day he was killed.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/73a/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_committed_i-knew-something-was-wrong-that-day-he-m_1211625.jpg)
![“[My father] would be proud, he would hug me and he would be sitting front-row at all the events where I talk to the youth about not repeating [Pablo Escobar's] story because I am a consequence of what he did and I have not changed my stance on violence since we talked about it.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b23/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_be-proud_my-father-would-be-proud-he-would-hug-me_632418.jpg)
![“In a way, my father [Pablo Escobar] reached a certain degree of sincerity that I became to know and I would even say appreciate because I would have rather had my father treat me like this rather than as an idiot that would never have any idea about what was happening around us.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/582/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_appreciate_in-a-way-my-father-pablo-escobar-reached_516238.jpg)
![“[Pablo Escobar] always told me that the day he used the phone would be his last day, something I had very clear while I was talking to him.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/72f/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_clear_pablo-escobar-always-told-me-that-the-da_194939.jpg)
![“I am not saying this to serve as a justification for the things [Pablo Escobar] did, but rather to demonstrate the context of his situation and the reason for his actions, for which only he is responsible for. I think it was very difficult for him to try to bring down the very criminal…” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/462/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_action_i-am-not-saying-this-to-serve-as-a-justi_186795.jpg)
![“I argued constantly with my father [Pablo Escobar] because I never liked all the violence that he created.” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/284/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_father_i-argued-constantly-with-my-father-pablo_2330215.jpg)
![“When I started thinking about plans to avenge [my father], I realized I was only going to become someone worse than him, someone worse than the person I had so often criticized. I was going against my own principles. And yes, people tell me that it was a tremendous life decision in the span of 10…” quote by Juan Pablo Escobar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7f2/juan-pablo-escobar-11709_decision_when-i-started-thinking-about-plans-to-a_779751.jpg)
