And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout?
Milton Friedman
Be assured that if you knew all, you would pardon all.
Thomas Kempis
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.
John Dryden
George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if you'll pardon the expression.
Martin Sheen
I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits.
John Podesta
I have strongly rejected the proposal to pardon and transfer her to the United States. I do not have the legal power to pardon terrorists and even if I did, I would not use it.
Alberto Fujimori
I regret and suffer those losses, but it's God's will. He will pardon me if I committed excesses, but I don't think I did.
Augusto Pinochet
If any foes of mine are there, I pardon every one: I hope that man and womankind will do the same by me.
William Allingham
If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.
Johannes Brahms
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
Barbara Olson
Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra.
John Goodman
Phones rang constantly, as if the White House was conducting some kind of pardon telethon.
Barbara Olson
The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.
Joseph Roux
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
Voltaire
We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.
Douglas Horton
We can't let somebody rise to the top who will pardon these war criminals. Because they need to go to prison for what they've done in this world. We can't have a pardon. They need to pay for what they've done.
Cindy Sheehan
We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal, and yet not put into the prisoner's hand.
William Gurnall
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We pardon to the extent that we love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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