"Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders……" — Ambrose Bierce
"Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish."
More Amnesty Quotes
- Even the classics that we read to our young children are full of wolves' fangs and burning ovens and bloody… — Geraldine Brooks
- We have to identify everybody that's here, and there's going to be an appropriate discussion in Congress on how to… — Rick Perry
- No. 1, it [amnesty for illegal aliens] demoralizes the people that are going through the legal process. It's a very… — Marco Rubio
- ...you're never going to have a legal immigration system that works if you grant amnesty. — Marco Rubio
- No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn't give enough… — Charles Schumer
- This bill [Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986] is a gamble, a riverboat gamble. There is no guarantee that… — Charles Schumer
- ...we will not grant amnesty to illegal aliens in this Congress or, hopefully ever again. We did that once. Everybody… — Phil Gramm
- Granting amnesty to people who broke the law penalizes the millions of people who are waiting to come to America… — Phil Gramm
- I've always said that the 1986 [Immigration Reform and Control] Act had a fourth leg [in addition to law enforcement,… — Jan C. Ting
- Those who have come to the United States illegally should not be given amnesty or an easier path to citizenship… — Mitt Romney
- I do feel immigration will probably be dealt with as long as [the solution] doesn't provide amnesty ... Five years… — Johnny Isakson
- Well, I don't think it is amnesty to start with. Second of all, what do you want to do with… — John McCain