Clemency Quotes

Clemency Quote of the day

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

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Clemency is also a revolutionary measure.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.

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 the last extremes of injustice and oppression.

Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.

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

Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.]

It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.

In general, indulgence for those we know is rarer than pity for those we know not.

The clemency of Princes is often but policy to win the affections of the people.

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

The beginning of divine wisdom is clemency and gentleness, which arise from greatness of soul and the bearing of infirmities.

Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency.

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

I'm sure that those - well, I know for a fact that the prisoners, the political prisoners in the federal system, is asking [Barack Obama] for clemency or for some kind of release.

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

I hope that a move toward clemency with Judge Afiuni would be a step towards the importance of maintaining a properly functioning justice system.

This is a boy's lot: anything he does, anything whatever, may afterward turn out to have been a crime - he never knows. And punishment and clemency are alike inexplicable.

[The] self overcoming of justice: one knows the beautiful name it has given itself--mercy...

Dear Governor Whitman, … Our father is not a simple criminal. … He was harassed by more ideas than his mind could stand. …

On Thanksgiving Day, during our family gathering, we pray you to have mercy on Antonio Pontón …