79 Quotes About Retribution

Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief in right and wrong.""But the Almighty determines what is right!""Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality -- which answers only to my heart -- is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.

When you repay evil with evil, you become evil.

We all have the beast in us Bill, and it is up to us to control it.

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

Do you know what makes a human being decent? Fear. And therein lies the problem. None of you has anything left to fear anymore.

My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.

But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.

In it's purest form, an act of retribution provides symmetry. The rendering payment of crimes against the innocent. But a danger on retaliation lies on the furthering cycle of violence. Still, it's a risk that must be met; and the greater offense is to allow the guilty go unpunished.