What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity.

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.

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.

We are all full of weakness and errors let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

We pardon to the extent that we love.