Quotes About Pardon

Any man can seek revenge; it takes a king or prince to grant a pardon.

I'm not sure, if I were President Clinton, I wouldn't want to be pardoned for something that I believed that I didn't do.

I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France.

Coin calls the audience to attention and tells them I have consented to be the Mockingjay, provided the other victors — Peeta, Johanna, Enobaria, and Annie — will be granted full pardon for any damage they do to the rebel cause.

The President can pardon us again... and again and again, but... picketing will continue, and sooner or later, he will have to do something about it.

No, matter how sinful we are there is a way to repent.

the Virginia Company had floated an idea that all English pirates might be pardoned if they agreed to move to Virginia.

An American tragedy in which we all have played a part. (On Watergate, announcing pardon of former President Richard M Nixon)

I never forgive, but I always forget.

What is forgiven is usually well remembered.

He's half absolv'd Who has confess'd.

God will pardon me. It's his business.

Erklären heißt verzeihen, erklärt zu werden heißt Verzeihung erlangen [...]

In the end, granting mercy comes down to just two people. For the recipient, the pardon is freedom. For the politician, the pardon can mean - not surprisingly - political gain.

Nada borra el pasado. Existe el arrepentimiento, existe la enmienda, y existe el perdón. No hay más, pero con eso basta.

Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.

SUMMER AND AUTUMN 1688 Therefore it happeneth commonly, that such as value themselves by the greatness of their wealth, adventure on crimes, upon hope of escaping punishment, by corrupting public justice, or obtaining pardon by money, or other rewards. —HOBBES, Leviathan

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. We pardon to the extent that we love. Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again. & great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Loved for ourselves. & even loved in spite of ourselves.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. We pardon to the extent that we love. Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again, and great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Loved for ourselves, and even loved in spite of ourselves.

The reader will pardon us another little digression; foreign to the object of this book but characteristic and useful . . . .

La clemencia engendra clemencia, igual que las masacres devienen en masacres.

The Constitution sets out no standards for granting pardons. They require no consent from Congress, and courts can't second-guess them.

Don't you know the man whose life you spare will always hate you?

Women do not often have it in their power to give like men, but they forgive like Heaven.