Being Quote by Zephyr Teachout

Clemency is also a revolutionary measure.

— Camille Desmoulins

After all, clemency is by nature outside the rule of law. When conferred upon those already convicted of crimes, it unravels the decision of…

— Asha Rangappa

This is a boy's lot: anything he does, anything whatever, may afterward turn out to have been a crime - he never knows. And…

— Booth Tarkington

I'm not sure that some governors just don't want to lay off people for the sake of laying off people and being able to…

— Anonymous

The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.

— George W. Bush

The application requisite to the duties of the office I hold [governor of Virginia] is so excessive, and the execution of them after all…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The prospect that a person will be killed according to the policy he promulgates prompts the [priest] to urge clemency, an incomprehensible position logically.”

— Helen Prejean

My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

— Lajos Kossuth

Who has not served cannot command.

— John Florio

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

— Asha Rangappa

Certainly being governor is an important job

— Marco Rubio

As governor, I am not interested in building more prisons.

— Mike Parson