#pardon

The pow'r I have on you is to spare you / The malice towards you, to forgive you. Posthumus ↗

— William Shakespeare

#power #shakespeare-s-wit #forgiveness

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong. ↗

— John Dryden

#does #done #forgiveness #injured #pardon

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#most #sin #society #thought #unpardonable

Pardon me for loitering in front of an orchestra. ↗

— John Goodman

#me #orchestra #pardon

The offender never pardons. ↗

— George Herbert

#offender #pardons

Long hair is an unpardonable offence which should be punishable by death. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#hair #long #long hair #offence #should

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#also #condemn #everything #pardon #something

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

#clinton #considered #his #i #i believe

Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall. ↗

— Morley Safer

#marc #pardoning #rich

In many ways when Jerry Ford pardoned Nixon, in a certain way, he did speak for the country. ↗

— Morley Safer

#certain way #country #did #ford #jerry