The President can pardon us again... and again and again, but... picketing will continue, and sooner or later, he will have to do something about it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We can't let somebody rise to the top who will pardon these war criminals. Because they need to go to prison for what they've done in this world. We can't have a pardon. They need to pay for what they've done.
The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.
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.
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.
Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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.
We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.
We pardon to the extent that we love.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.