What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity.

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.

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.

We are all full of weakness and errors let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

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.

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.

We are all serving a life sentence and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.

God tolerates even our stammering and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as indeed without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.

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

God pardons like a mother who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

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

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority as such. For him skepticism is the highest of duties blind faith the one unpardonable sin.

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

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

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

Talent like beauty to be pardoned must be obscure and unostentatious.