Clemency Quote by Pope Pius IX

Temporal punishments are suffered by some in this life only, by some after death, by some both here and hereafter, but all of them…

— Saint Augustine

“I am loath to call clemency what was, rather, the exhaustion of cruelty.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The uniqueness of executive clemency lies in the president's power to act without weighing guilt, innocence and legal principle.

— Asha Rangappa

The Gauls were endowed with all the advantages of art and nature; but as they wanted courage to defend them, they were justly condemned…

— Edward Gibbon

It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national sins, and pray for clemency and forgiveness.

— Abraham Lincoln

Clemency, which we make a virtue of, proceeds sometimes from vanity, sometimes from indolence, often from fear, and almost always from a mixture of…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Much more may a judge overweigh himself in cruelty than in clemency.

— Philip Sidney

There was one awkward moment where a black man stood-up to ask a question and out of habit, Bush said 'Clemency denied.'

— Bill Maher

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.…

— Ted Bundy

To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.

— Miguel de Cervantes

To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.

— Maximilien Robespierre

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