A Quote by Giuseppe Mazzini

Pardon is the virtue of victory.

Giuseppe Mazzini

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Pardon Victory Virtue

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Giuseppe Mazzini
Italian - Activist
June 22, 1805 - March 10, 1872

While I do not believe Ford was wrong to pardon Nixon, the timing of the pardon was premature and may have cost Ford the margin of victory in the 1976 election.

Richard Ben-Veniste

And what does reward virtue? You think the communist commissar rewards virtue? You think a Hitler rewards virtue? You think, excuse me, if you'll pardon me, American presidents reward virtue? Do they choose their appointees on the basis of the virtue of the people appointed or on the basis of their political clout?

Milton Friedman

For in the fatness of these pursy times Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg.

William Shakespeare

Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses.

Henry David Thoreau

O Jesus, if I but considered attentively your immense solicitude for me, how greatly should I not excel in every virtue? Pardon me, O Jesus, so much carelessness, pardon such great ignorance. My God, Jesus my Love, Increated Goodness, what would have become of me if you had not drawn me to yourself? Open your heart to me, open to me your sacramental breast; I open mine to you.

Gemma Galgani

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

Winston Churchill

When you look at the Nixon pardon, the short-term gain would have been never to pardon him.

Steven Ford

He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.

Seneca the Younger

I pardon him, as God shall pardon me.

William Shakespeare

In the end, granting mercy comes down to just two people. For the recipient, the pardon is freedom. For the politician, the pardon can mean - not surprisingly - political gain.

Asha Rangappa

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.

Alberto Fujimori

Pardon all but thy selfe. [Pardon all but thyself.]

George Herbert

I love the president Donald Trump. He supports law enforcement and I'm very humbled. I said publicly, recently, pardon or no pardon, I will be with him until the end.

Joe Arpaio

Pardon all runners, All speechless, alien winds, All mad waters. Pardon their impulses, Their wild attitudes, Their young flights, their reticence. When a message has no clothes on How can it be spoken.