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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
If anyone should do any pardoning. I should be the one pardoning the government for what they did to the Japanese-American people.
The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.
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.
We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.
I here ask pardon of all my compatriots for everything of which I have been guilty towards them. I know that, by my ill-considered and immature works, I have brought distress to many and that I have even provoked others to attack me openly and, in general, have produced displeasure in many.
We pardon to the extent that we love.
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.
I don't mind giving 5,000 pardons a day.