Leniency Quotes (8 quotes)

“With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven.”
― Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover

tags: beauty, exemptions, forgiveness, generosity, genius, leniency, social-norms, society

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“Power does not pardon, power punishes.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

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“The process of leniency involves accepting the reality of the current situation and finding a satisfying meaning therein, as opposed to misconstruing or denying the facts of the situation.”
― Sandra L. Schneider

tags: acceptance, denial, leniency, meaning, reality

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“It's not about the extent to which something happened or did not happen; it's whether we choose to confront evil and call it what it is, or simply let it pass because it 'wasn't enough of a big deal'.”
― Joyce Rachelle

tags: christian-tolerance, church-discipline, good-and-bad, good-and-evil, judgment, justice, leniency, tolerance

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“[The] self overcoming of justice: one knows the beautiful name it has given itself--mercy...”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo

tags: clemency, justice, leniency, mercy, nietzshce

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“Poison is not merciful towards people who have consumed it unknowingly.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: awareness, ignorance, knowledge, leniency, lenient, merciful, mercy, mistake, poison, poisonous

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“You may not like what I'm saying, but the cops and these people have a sort of code. So long as the rich and powerful don't go overboard, cops give them the slack that people who live in the barrios or Third Ward or the trailer parks don't get”
― Marc Grossberg, The Best People: A Tale of Trials and Errors

tags: houston, lawyers, legal-fiction, leniency

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“والله عبتم علي بما أقررتم به لابن الخطاب ولكنه وطئكم برجله وضربكم بيده وقمعكم بلسانه فدنتم له على ما أحببتم أو كرهتم ولنت لكم وأوطأت لكم كتفي وكففت يدي ولساني عنكم فاجترأتم علي”
― عثمان بن عفان رضى الله عنه

tags: decisive, gentle, governance, leadership, leniency, management, strict

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