56 Quotes About Amnesty

To properly do penance one must express contrition for one’s sins and perform acts to repair the damage caused by those transgressions. It is only when those acts are complete that the slate can truly be wiped clean and amnesty gives way to a new beginning.

AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

You just hear the wind. And you just see the stars above you. They are beautiful.And then . . . they're gone.

Hell is a place reserved for people who want their enemies to rot in Hell for sinning against them. Heaven is a place of amnesty; where the trespassers have forgiven their trespassers.

There is no amount of bad karma that can compete with a contrite spirit and God's forgiveness.

You know...I don't mind disappointing people. Perhaps that's a flaw in my character, but I think it has rather more to do with other people's failure to manage their own expectations. And everyone seems to have such varied expectations of me, how could I hope to fulfil them all?

Give your kids an amnesty day. Tell them you want to see everything they write and all the pictures they post and promise that you won't get mad or punish them for it.

What we don't do is give amnesty and reward people for breaking the law.

You know, when President Reagan, who was one of my idols, granted amnesty to about three million illegal immigrants it was based on the fact that the borders would be secured. That didn't happen. It didn't happen during the Bush administration.