Clemency Quotes

22 quotes by 20 authors

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness... — Abraham Lincoln
A criminal trial is like a cultural in-flight test in which society projects its own history, fears, impatience, insolence, clemency, insecurities, dreams and nightmares upon… — Ron Franscell
Because God knows, searches and clearly understands the minds, hearts, thoughts, and nature of all, his supreme kindness and clemency do not permit anyone at… — Pope Pius IX
The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is sought… — Seneca the Younger
I don't wanna die, I'm not gonna lie to you I admit that and I'm not asking for clemency, I'm not asking for forgiveness, I'm… — Ted Bundy
The seeds of freedom . . . have now been scattered where despotism and tyranny ranked and ruled, will be watered by the enlivening dews… — Henry McNeal Turner
In social life, in the family government, in the Church, and in the State this is an acknowledged and invariable law. The debtor would be… — Octavius Winslow
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods. — Claudius Claudianus
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning. — Saadi
A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to… — Edward Gibbon
Clemency is also a revolutionary measure. — Camille Desmoulins
Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world. — Pierre Corneille
To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty. — Maximilien Robespierre
God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency. — Jonathan Sacks
Offer it up personally,then. Right now. I thought of how many people go to their graves unforgiven and unforgiving. I thought of how many people… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency. — Jon Krakauer
I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maintaining a properly functioning justice system. — Noam Chomsky
What Bill Clinton did to us was cruel. The White House gave my attorneys indications that there was a good chance for my clemency to… — Leonard Peltier
It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national sins, and pray for clemency and forgiveness. — Abraham Lincoln

Who Wrote These Clemency Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 22 Clemency Quotes as follows: