Quotes About Reconciliation

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

Reconciliation is a national decision that has to be debated and a consensus made among Colombians.

My proposal is one of national reconciliation, of national pacification. I've already said this many times, but what I propose is a government that could act as a national salvation.

Many say that a man comes along with the moral courage of Nelson Mandela once in a lifetime. He was an extraordinary man who paid a great sacrifice for his beliefs, then led a nation from the prospect of civil war to reconciliation.

What we badly need in this country is a National Truth and Reconciliation Commission, like what we've seen in other nations that have tried to turn the page on injustice.

I do know that you have to choose between the logic of reconciliation and the logic of justice. Pure justice leads to new civil war. I prefer the negotiable revolution.

I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.

Faced with the crippling sanctions, Iran could simply decide it is paying too high a cost to pursue its nuclear program and could opt for negotiations and reconciliation with the United States and other members of the international community. This is clearly the preferred option of American leaders.

We have to support truth and reconciliation and some form of justice.

Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.

'Rectify' is really good.

I'm all about people being able to redeem themselves.

There must be serious consequences for criminal behavior, but when individuals demonstrate a changed lifestyle and a commitment to abandoning the ways of their past, they should be able to redeem themselves in the eyes of the law.

At the end of the movie all of us have this shared redemption.

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

I don't know if there is redemption for people like Charlie Rose or Garrison Keillor. An apology helps, but what really matter are deeds.

Race, redemption and healing - that's my thing.

As a Christian, I believe in redemption. And I believe in second chances.

Remember all those references to Macedonia as the oasis of peace in the Balkans. You only really appreciate it when you have lost it.

The E.U. Referendum clearly divided us, and little has been done by those that lead us to bring us back together.

There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I thought would make sense to others.

There's no hate lost between us.

I don't think Estonians ever really hated Russians. It was more, 'Leave us alone.' We can't change what is past. We can't blame them for what their parents have done. We never hated them. They didn't destroy us that bad.

I used to worry, 'I've lost my family.' They hated me for a while, but they're very resilient.