Clemency Quotes

Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Great, Angry, Nothing

God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.
Jonathan Sacks

God, Honest, Ourselves

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

True, Reveal, Noblest

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

Humanity, Forgive, Cruelty

What Bill Clinton did to us was cruel. The White House gave my attorneys indications that there was a good chance for my clemency to be granted. I had to prepare myself for being released because there was no sign that my petition would be denied.
Leonard Peltier

Good, Chance, House

Clemency is also a revolutionary measure.
Camille Desmoulins

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