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Quote by Abraham Lincoln
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict jus

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. – Abraham Lincoln

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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. – Abraham Lincoln

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To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization. – Abraham Lincoln

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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it. – Sir Winston Churchill

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Offenders never pardon. – Proverb

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Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. – George Washington

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The merciful shall obtain mercy. – Bible

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