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Quotes About Retaliation

We can no longer afford to worship the god of hate or bow before the altar of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever-rising tides of hate. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path of hate.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
Where there is much pride or much vanity, there will also be much revengefulness. - On Psychology
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
India asks us, 'Why do you throw stones?' No one asks, 'Who burned your house down?
~ Arundhati Roy
If you ever do this again, I'll tell everyone. And if that doesn't work, I'll blind you.
~ Stephen Chbosky
Son, I don't think you understand. These boys killed my dog.
~ Stephen Hunter
I'm not making an enemy; I'm keepin' one.
~ Stephen King
Payback is a bitch, and the bitch is back.
~ Stephen King
This is not a reaction to your words or actions, rather, it is in direct response to them
~ Deborah Brodie
Pent up anger brews into hate, which subsequently becomes a juicy revenge.
~ Natalya Vorobyova
I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that dude's eye and shoot him with my ole forty-five.
~ Hank Williams, Jr.
One good act of vengeance deserves another.
~ Jon Jefferson
I kicked Beaky Nose in the nuts with the toe of my shoe, very, very hard. I have big feet and my shoes have steel toes. This is never good news for the sorry son of a bitch whose balls get in the way of my rage issues.
~ Jonathan Maberry
You, however, are a psycho bitch who shot my dog.
~ Jonathan Maberry
Zak Knight "Revenge of
~ Jonathan Meres
Well, she may think it was her idea, but I'd been looking for an excuse to get you back all winter.
~ Jonathan Stroud
Be sure of one thing, I can help you with your vengeance.
~ Jonathan Stroud
She pays him in his own coin.
~ Jonathan Swift
Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold.
~ English proverb
Hit that back-stabber where it hurts, right in the ambition.
~ Eoin Colfer
Well, they better get used to it. It's payback for what they did to England back in the 1890s.
~ Eric Flint
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.
~ Eric Hoffer
Kill him!" "Blind him!" "Drive him out of the forest!
~ Erin Hunter
I'm going. But I'll be back; you can be sure of that. I'll be revenged on you all!" He padded unevenly away from the Highrock. As he drew close to Fireheart he paused, drawing his lips back in a snarl. "And as for you . . ." he hissed. "Keep your eyes open, Fireheart. Keep your ears pricked. Keep looking behind you. Because one day I'll find you, and then you'll be crow-food.
~ Erin Hunter