Asha Rangappa Quotes

Amnesty—an act through which sovereigns forgive the injustices they have committed.

If a man had more than one life, I think a little hanging would not hurt this one; but after he is once dead, we cannot bring him back, no matter how sorry we may be; so the boy shall be pardoned.

It is better to pardon the guilty than to take the lives of the innocent

Clemency is patricide

Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

Retaliation is sometimes mercy, mercy to both parties

No harm will come to me. The Assembly is prepared to treat us leniently.

We need Grace and forgiveness.

I have published a proclamation: 'Forgive us our transgressions as we forgive those who transgress against us.' I have ordered all citizens to return to their parishes to enjoy the benefits of this general amnesty.

Pardon's the word to all.

The Christian - the biblical - concept of mercy toward wrongdoers only exists in relation to justice. Showing mercy, in relation to wrongdoing, means treating someone better than they deserve.

Forgiveness is God's command.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

I do not believe on giving amnesty.

Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.

The offender never pardons.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

Nothing enables us to forgive like knowing in our hearts that we have been forgiven.

To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.

A judge who cannot punish, associates himself in the end with the criminal.

'Redemption' sounds like a jubilee. Like a second line, if you will.

After all, clemency is by nature outside the rule of law. When conferred upon those already convicted of crimes, it unravels the decision of citizen-jurors who found guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Forgiveness is the noblest vengeance.