Quotes with leniency

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• Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.

  As quoted in Champlains Dream (2008)

  Cardinal De Richelieu
  French clergyman and nobleman (1585 - 1642)
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• There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.

  Freda Adler
  American criminologist and educator (1934 - )
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Subjects in these quotes:

• justification
• dispenses
• interest
• possible
• leniency
• chivalry

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