To show men that crimes can be pardoned, and that punishment is not their inevitable consequence, encourages the illusion of impunity and induces the belief that, since there are pardons, those sentences which are not pardoned are violent acts of force rather than the products of justice.
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DADA BHAGWAN The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain f... ARISTOTLE The governor has not pardoned anyone. PETE SMITH You are not a bad person because you are gay. You are you because you are you and you were meant to ... TEGAN QUIN 19. Those who are the happiest are not necessarily those for whom life has been easiest. Emotional s... JAMES C. DOBSON The scar (of the crime) is still there. Taylor's trial before the UN court will guarantee justice an... DAVID ANYAELE Clearly, unless the Lord chooses to explain Himself to us, which He does not often do, His motivatio... JAMES C. DOBSON But the world is out there, and it understands that the illusion of knowledge and freedom is not the... AIMEE CARTER 32. Before you criticize your parents for their failures and mistakes, ask yourself: “Will I reall... JAMES C. DOBSON Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men ... FREDERICK DOUGLASS There was ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned. BEN JONSON Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught. ELBERT GREEN HUBBARD Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught. ELBERT HUBBARD Walls protect and walls limit. It is in the nature of walls that they should fall. That walls should... JEANETTE WINTERSON Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless... EDWARD DAHLBERG I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Every choice carries a consequence. For better or worse, each choice is the unavoidable consequence ... GARY RYAN BLAIR Do not open your minds to the filtering of the fallacious doctrine that it is less infamous to murde... JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG-ACTON The Imperial Senate, ever conscious of the weight of public opinion resting on the tip of the pencil... CHRISTINA ENGELA Wherever you are, be all there. CRAIG GROESCHEL I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER The generality of men are naturally swayed more by fear than by reverence, and to refrain from evil ... ARISTOTLE Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not su... MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO We believe that the evidence that is available through his statements, which is the basis of the cha... JOHN ASHCROFT The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exp... KATE MILLET The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exp... KATE MILLETT It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather that the Gods are the dreams of me... CARL SAGAN It is said that men may not be the dreams of the god, but rather that the gods are the dreams of men... CARL SAGAN We are not wrong, perhaps, to be heedful of justice in the midst of a universe that heeds not at all... MAURICE MAETERLINCK Beauty is the light within. Only when you see the light within yourself will others see it in you. F. JOHNSON I don't share the view that the ICC is anti-African. The ICC is not putting Africa on trial. The... KOFI ANNAN Aliens have been here for millennium. But they didn't come in spaceships. They came in orange s... ANTHONY T. HINCKS We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. BIBLE Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are t... MAHATMA GANDHI Sauces or peppers that arent hot, are like books that dont entretain (or vice versa). JAIME TENORIO VALENZUELA Let your little inspire someone greatly and greatly be the reasons for the smiles of someone in litt... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Let your little inspires someone greatly and greatly be the reasons for the smiles of someone in lit... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We will show the whole world that terrorism can be fought not only with weapons, but also through th... VLADIMIR USTINOV Peter...” She let her head fall back against the seat and sighed. “Let’s not go there.” MICHEL FABER Laws are rules established by men who are in control of organized violence for the non fulfillment o... LEO NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOY A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Put your mind to it and you will do it. This is how the impossible become possible SOTONYE ANGA [The commission operates on the belief that some closures are inevitable.] The marketplace is drivin... THE COMMITTEE I had forgotten that God, or the world, or whatever carves the rules in stone, doesn't give you time... TANA FRENCH You are the architect of your life. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The foolish of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of god is stronger than men. For ye see your ... MADELEINE L'ENGLE The broad effects which can be obtained by punishment in man and beast, are the increase of fear, th... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I'm not sure, if I were President Clinton, I wouldn't want to be pardoned for something that I belie... JOHN MCCAIN The pardoned soul is out of the gunshot of hell (Rom. 8:33). THOMAS WATSON Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT When crimes are committed in one nation and it's possible to try those crimes there, that respects t... MARIANO RAJOY It is not conclusive proof of a doctrine's correctness that its adversaries use the police, the hang... LUDWIG VON MISES The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes. 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'People look at me like I'm an animal. People who don't know me judge... JON RONSON I'm not going to ask for a pardon. In fact I'll probably be going to jail again. But those who want ... REP. ALVIN HOLMES The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON A nation is a thing that lives and acts like a man and men are the particulars of which it is compos... JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined. ALBERT CAMUS That men of this kind despise women, though a not uncommon belief, is one which hardly appears to be... EDWARD CARPENTER I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It i... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind.... GAUTAMA BUDDHA Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why m... THOMAS S. SZASZ Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why me... Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why me... THOMAS S. SZASZ In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH A reasonable doubt is nothing more than a doubt for which reasons can be given. The fact that 1 or 2... LORD HAILSHAM If you do not feel equal to the headaches that psychiatry induces, you are in the wrong business. It... HARRY STACK SULLIVAN Why do people resist [engines, bridges, and cities] so? They are symbols and products of the imagina... MARK HELPRIN Anarchism is the only philosophy which brings to man the consciousness of himself; which maintains t... 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