Pardon Quotes

"Love truth, and pardon error."
-Voltaire

"Pardon him, Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature."
-George Bernard Shaw

"Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many."
-Publilius Syrus

"Eric Holder never suggested to anyone that they should circumvent the Department of Justice in the pardon procedure."
-Reid Weingarten

"I beg pardon of the people I have damaged."
-Calisto Tanzi

"Pardon the pun, but you really do get a bird's eye view from up there."
-Judy Walker

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy."
-St. Francis Of Assisi

"I thought the investigation was about the respect for the law. Clearly they don't respect the governor's power to pardon."
-Howard Mann

"Pardon the Interruption. Any conflict is speculation now."
-Aidan Quinn

"Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace! Where there is hatred let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy."
-Saint Francis of Assisi

"We are not asking for a pardon but for a reduction in the sentence. He was really in the wrong place at the wrong time."
-James Brosnahan

"I do not consider the pardon granted by President Clinton as an eradication of past deeds -- but as closing a cycle of justice and as a humanitarian act."
-Marc Rich

"A lot of people get these dogs because they want - pardon my expression - a bad-ass dog."
-Dennis Mccullough

"People who have been so hurt hesitate to pardon."
-Abdelaziz Bouteflika

"Pardon in the name of God for the things that he had done wrong."
-Joseph Towle

"We are turning the page, but we aren't tearing it, ... Islam is founded on pardon."
-Abdelaziz Bouteflika

"Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong."
-Maxim Gorky

"While shooting in Mexico, all conversation was dominated by bowels. During filming, if you'll pardon the expression, you're frightened to fart."
-Brian Holm

"Pardon me ... I don't want anybody else to die."
-Takafumi Horie

"It's on the back burner for now, pardon the pun."
-Lynne Breaux

"You could hear him, literally, half a mile away when he opened up. He was at his peak then. He was, naturally, dying to get out of the place he was in, and he recorded for us his appeal for pardon to the governor."
-Alan Lomax

"We believe that Secretary Nighbert received a full, complete and unconditional pardon."
-Howard Mann

"I'm not going to ask for a pardon. In fact I'll probably be going to jail again. But those who want to be pardoned can be under this bill."
-Rep. Alvin Holmes

"In no way, shape or form was Mr. Libby involved in the pardon of Mr. Rich."
-Ari Fleischer

"People who have been so hurt hesitate to pardon, ... It is so easy to say 'sorry' but in reality here it is difficult to swallow."
-Abdelaziz Bouteflika

"Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith."
-Saint Francis of Assisi

"Nobody can question the priorities of the President to commute or pardon."
-Pablo Garcia

"PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude."
-Ambrose Bierce