Pardon/controversy

Famous quotes containing the words pardon and/or controversy:

“We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Ours was a highly activist administration, with a lot of controversy involved ... but I’m not sure that it would be inconsistent with my own political nature to do it differently if I had it to do all over again.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)