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"Let me answer your sins with sin."
— Licht, Black Clover
"Getting caught up in style and throwing away victory is something for the lower ranks to do. Captains can't even think about doing such a carefree thing. Don't try to be a good guy. It doesn't matter who owes whom. From the instant they enter into a war, both sides are evil."
Kurata: No! Please! Take pity on me, Marcus!
Marcus: Pity's all I had for you, KUUUUUURAAAAAAAAAAATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! {Punches him}
Marcus: Pity's all I had for you, KUUUUUURAAAAAAAAAAATAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! {Punches him}
"I feel bad kicking a guy when he's down, but...Nah. I don't feel bad about this at all. My friends and a lot of innocent people are dead because of you."
— Jotaro to Dio, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
"Aku Soku Zan."Translation
— Motto of the Shinsengumi, Rurouni Kenshin
"All I know is that I will answer malice... with violence."
— Kamishiro Yuu, Holyland
"I merely put down some rabid dogs. Sometimes they just happen to look like people."
— Eren Yeager, about the Human Traffickers he rescued Mikasa from, Attack on Titan
"Disgusting little creatures. Soon, all of you will feel my hate and suffer as I have suffered."
— Nago the boar spirit, Princess Mononoke
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and evil for evil. Burn to ashes."
— Rei Ogami, Code:Breaker
Comic Books
"Let the punishment fit the crime."
— Red Hood's motto, Red Hood
Talia al Ghul: This is an odd turn. I find you a teacher, and you murder him.
Jason Todd: "Murder" sounds a bit fancy. I didn't orchestrate whacking him over an inheritance. I spiked his bug juice because he was a dirtbag. He was a killer-for-hire who made more money on a single job than most people in the world will see in a lifetime. But he still thought he needed extra cash, so he kidnapped children and sold them as sex toys.
Talia al Ghul: Why not walk away and call the authorities?
Jason: I heard stuff. He had connections to the cops. Had a few politicians he did work for. He wasn't gonna get locked up. But he was greedy. No muscle. No lieutenants. The operation went through him. So, if it was going to end, it was going to end with him. I didn't "murder" him. You murder people. I... put this reptile down. Don't tell me the world isn't better off.
Jason Todd: "Murder" sounds a bit fancy. I didn't orchestrate whacking him over an inheritance. I spiked his bug juice because he was a dirtbag. He was a killer-for-hire who made more money on a single job than most people in the world will see in a lifetime. But he still thought he needed extra cash, so he kidnapped children and sold them as sex toys.
Talia al Ghul: Why not walk away and call the authorities?
Jason: I heard stuff. He had connections to the cops. Had a few politicians he did work for. He wasn't gonna get locked up. But he was greedy. No muscle. No lieutenants. The operation went through him. So, if it was going to end, it was going to end with him. I didn't "murder" him. You murder people. I... put this reptile down. Don't tell me the world isn't better off.
— Red Hood: Lost Days
''"Later on, she told me the whole story. About the day she left her village. About the old man, about Cristu and Vera. About the thing her father said. About her baby. When she was done, I knew a lot of men would have to die."
— Frank Castle, The Punisher MAX, "The Slavers"
Superman: One minute ago, I saw a little girl screaming because she was staring down the barrel of a gun. She was nine, and she will remember it for the rest of her life.
[He fires a gun at the dealer, catching the bullet just in time]
Superman: Now you will, too.
[He fires a gun at the dealer, catching the bullet just in time]
Superman: Now you will, too.
"When I learned how you wiped out Krypton, I remembered Superman telling me about this planet and its hidden N-Bomb, as well as that mento-machine data! So I decided to fake my love for you in order to lure you here and give you a taste of what you did to the billions of Kryptonians you killed!"
— Supergirl, Action Comics #338
"I love hit men. No matter what you do to them, you don't feel bad."
— Marv, Sin City
Fairy Tales
The king was elated, but he kept the queen hidden in a room until the Sunday when the baby was to be baptized. At the baptism he said, "What does a person deserve who drags someone out of bed and throws him into the water?"
The old woman answered, "The scoundrel deserves nothing better than to be put into a barrel stuck full of nails, and then rolled downhill into the water."
Then the king said, "You have pronounced your own sentence."
He ordered such a barrel to be brought. The old woman and her daughter were put into it, and the top was hammered shut. Then the barrel was rolled downhill until it fell into the river.
The old woman answered, "The scoundrel deserves nothing better than to be put into a barrel stuck full of nails, and then rolled downhill into the water."
Then the king said, "You have pronounced your own sentence."
He ordered such a barrel to be brought. The old woman and her daughter were put into it, and the top was hammered shut. Then the barrel was rolled downhill until it fell into the river.
When the woman saw her husband, she was thunderstruck, and fell on her knees and begged for mercy. The King said, "There is no mercy. He was ready to die with thee and restored thee to life again, but thou hast murdered him in his sleep, and shalt receive the reward that thou deservest." Then she was placed with her accomplice in a ship which had been pierced with holes, and sent out to sea, where they soon sank amid the waves.
She was a beautiful girl, white as milk, red as blood. But she soon complained to her brothers about a little grey man who would often come to her. He would tease and terrorize her, and force her to suck his little finger. So the brothers waited in ambush, grabbed the little man, beat him to death and buried him in the garden.
Fan Works
Captain Kanril Eleya: You son of a bitch! That's not war, it's murder!
Dal Kanril Eleya: So what were you expecting, Captain? End result for them will be the same — the Terrans never return anyone they take prisoner, either, not intact anyway, and you haven't seen how they keep them until then. All [Glinn Eggrin is] doing is saving the Alliance the cost of a trial.
Captain Kanril: Oh, and that makes it okay?
Dal Kanril: This universe isn't okay! The Terrans killed half a billion Bajorans before the Cardassians threw them out, and we're still finding mass graves forty years later!
Captain Kanril: And on my side it was the Cardassians! Six hundred million dead, cities bombed to oblivion, farmland poisoned, mothers raped in front of their children, children shot in the streets as sport! But what does doing the same thing to them solve?!
Dal Kanril Eleya: So what were you expecting, Captain? End result for them will be the same — the Terrans never return anyone they take prisoner, either, not intact anyway, and you haven't seen how they keep them until then. All [Glinn Eggrin is] doing is saving the Alliance the cost of a trial.
Captain Kanril: Oh, and that makes it okay?
Dal Kanril: This universe isn't okay! The Terrans killed half a billion Bajorans before the Cardassians threw them out, and we're still finding mass graves forty years later!
Captain Kanril: And on my side it was the Cardassians! Six hundred million dead, cities bombed to oblivion, farmland poisoned, mothers raped in front of their children, children shot in the streets as sport! But what does doing the same thing to them solve?!
Alexander Anderson: Who are we!?
Paladins of Iscariot: The necessary evil!
Anderson: WHY are we necessary?
Iscariots: To purge the world of evil worse than man!
Anderson: And why are we God's chosen few, ordained to undertake this unholy task?
Iscariots: Because no one else will!
Anderson: AND BECAUSE IT'S FUCKIN' FUN! AHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAMEEEEN!
Paladins of Iscariot: The necessary evil!
Anderson: WHY are we necessary?
Iscariots: To purge the world of evil worse than man!
Anderson: And why are we God's chosen few, ordained to undertake this unholy task?
Iscariots: Because no one else will!
Anderson: AND BECAUSE IT'S FUCKIN' FUN! AHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAMEEEEN!
Blaze Neko: She held me back. I wouldn't have gotten far with that nerdy girl as my friend. So, as they say, we took out the trash...
Hotaro: Abandoning your friends to an unfortunate end... No... You're trash. And do you know what people do to trash? {beats her up}
Blaze Neko: Please... have mercy!
Hotaro: Where was your mercy when you signed Akemi's death warrant? Anyone who sold their soul to Re:Shocker, especially after they've taken a life... They don't deserve mercy.
Hotaro: Abandoning your friends to an unfortunate end... No... You're trash. And do you know what people do to trash? {beats her up}
Blaze Neko: Please... have mercy!
Hotaro: Where was your mercy when you signed Akemi's death warrant? Anyone who sold their soul to Re:Shocker, especially after they've taken a life... They don't deserve mercy.
The Crystal King: WHEN I HEARD KING BOWSER STOLE THE STAR ROD TO MAKE EVIL WISHES, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE FOR ME! I WAS HIS RIGHT-HAND DURING THE CASTLE INVASION! I FELT PLEASED WHEN DESTROYING THE BUSTS! NOW I FEEL GUILTY FOR WHAT I DID! PLEASE PULL ME BACK UP! I'LL HELP REBUILD IT ALL!
Mario: Hmm... I understand you now. You want to rebuild something big?
The Crystal King: I'M ON MY LAST LEG! I'LL TURN TO THE SHAMANS AGAIN! I PROMISE!
Mario: Actually, I have a better idea.
The Crystal King: What...?
Mario: I suggest you...
"Suddenly, Mario jumped up a couple feet before slamming his feet on the cliff edge, breaking it and sending the Crystal King to his doom."
The Crystal King: NOOOOOOO!
Mario: ...rebuild yourself in Hades' sanctum!
Spike: How was it?
Mario: It was a stress reliever for me. I felt like me and Luigi were the villains for a moment.
Mario: Hmm... I understand you now. You want to rebuild something big?
The Crystal King: I'M ON MY LAST LEG! I'LL TURN TO THE SHAMANS AGAIN! I PROMISE!
Mario: Actually, I have a better idea.
The Crystal King: What...?
Mario: I suggest you...
"Suddenly, Mario jumped up a couple feet before slamming his feet on the cliff edge, breaking it and sending the Crystal King to his doom."
The Crystal King: NOOOOOOO!
Mario: ...rebuild yourself in Hades' sanctum!
Spike: How was it?
Mario: It was a stress reliever for me. I felt like me and Luigi were the villains for a moment.
Kyril saw the gaunt, pale faces in the torchlight. How easy it was for human dignity to be stripped away in times of adversity. These traitors did not know what they did to those less fortunate than they were. Kyril merely exacted the same torments they heaped upon the shoulders of the innocent. It was a balance, a delicious sense of irony that the rich would be cast down and the poor raised up in their place.
Film — Animated
Batman: You shattered his collar bone!
Jason Todd: He's a drug dealing pimp! I didn't think I had to prop up some pillows before I took him out!
Jason Todd: He's a drug dealing pimp! I didn't think I had to prop up some pillows before I took him out!
Film — Live-Action
Carnahan: What about the guys that were convicted of rape? Can we rape them?
Stan: Rape the rapists; seems appropriate, punishment fitting the crime and all; go ahead.
Another prisoner: How about them child molesters?
Stan: Yeah, them too. Good point. Anyone else?
Stan: Rape the rapists; seems appropriate, punishment fitting the crime and all; go ahead.
Another prisoner: How about them child molesters?
Stan: Yeah, them too. Good point. Anyone else?
— Big Stan
Georgy Malenkov: No! He deserves a fair trial. He's one of us.
Nikita Khrushchev: What about Tukhachevsky?! And Piatakov?! Did they get a trial? What about Sokolnikov, who begged him to look after his elderly mother. And what did this monster do?! He strangled her in front of him!
Nikita Khrushchev: What about Tukhachevsky?! And Piatakov?! Did they get a trial? What about Sokolnikov, who begged him to look after his elderly mother. And what did this monster do?! He strangled her in front of him!
— Georgy Malenkov and Nikita Khrushchev about killing Lavrentiy Beria, The Death of Stalin
"Hey Abe. Shoot that guy."
— Wardaddy, indicating a captured SS officer who'd hanged children, Fury (2014)
"We will be cruel to the Germans, and through our cruelty they will know who we are. And they will find the evidence of our cruelty in the disemboweled, dismembered, and disfigured bodies of their brothers we leave behind us. And the German won't be able to help themselves but to imagine the cruelty their brothers endured at our hands, and our boot heels, and the edge of our knives. And the German will be sickened by us, and the German will talk about us, and the German will fear us. And when the German closes their eyes at night and they're tortured by their subconscious for the evil they have done, it will be with thoughts of us they are tortured with. Sound good?"
— Aldo Raine, Inglourious Basterds
"When I kill, it is on the specific orders of my Government. And those I kill are themselves killers."
— James Bond, The Man with the Golden Gun
"I never fucked anybody over in my life that didn't have it coming to 'em."
— Tony Montana, Scarface (1983)
Helen: Have you ever killed anyone?
Harry: Yes, but they were all bad.
Harry: Yes, but they were all bad.
"Men get arrested... dogs get put down!"
— Rorschach, Watchmen
Vladislav: What are you doing tonight? Are you going to kill some perverts?
Child Vampire: Yeah, we're meeting a pedophile.
Vladislav: Cool.
Child Vampire: Yeah, we're meeting a pedophile.
Vladislav: Cool.
Literature
"What goes around comes around. Sometimes you get what's coming. And sometimes you are what's coming."
— Michael Carpenter, Knight of the Cross, The Dresden Files
"Sometimes violence can be fair when it is used as a chastisement against badness."
— Abbot Mordalfus, Mattimeo
"I know the politically correct types half a century later expect me to get all teary-eyed when I hear about Hiroshima or Dresden. Well, you say 'Hiroshima,' I say 'Nanjing.' You say 'Dresden,' I say 'the London Blitz.'"
— Killer Jill McMillan, David Isaak's Shock And Awe
"Evil shall with evil be expelled."
— Logline of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (actually a Swedish proverb)
"Die slow, you fuck."
"When you shot him, ach, that was something to see my friend."
— Dieter Weber regarding Homer's killing of the above terrorist, Rainbow Six
As [Jones] adjusted his combat goggles and moved quickly to the vehicle, he tried not to think about the open pit in the town square, full of rotting bodies. Three more had been left at the edge: a Japanese captain and two lieutenants who had commanded the small garrison in this town.
"Jones could see their corpses clearly in the harsh tropical light. A small group of enemy soldiers had been forced to watch the field punishment, and an Australian squad was leading them away to a truck. They would be taken to the rear and held, pending further investigation. If any were found to have been directly involved in the murder of the town's population, they would be trucked right back to the edge of the pit and shot in the head in exactly the same fashion as their superiors. Unless they were transferred into the custody of the contemporary forces, in which case, they'd probably be hanged in Brisbane in about six or seven months, after a court-martial.
"As far as Jones was concerned, it made no difference, one way or the other.
"Jones could see their corpses clearly in the harsh tropical light. A small group of enemy soldiers had been forced to watch the field punishment, and an Australian squad was leading them away to a truck. They would be taken to the rear and held, pending further investigation. If any were found to have been directly involved in the murder of the town's population, they would be trucked right back to the edge of the pit and shot in the head in exactly the same fashion as their superiors. Unless they were transferred into the custody of the contemporary forces, in which case, they'd probably be hanged in Brisbane in about six or seven months, after a court-martial.
"As far as Jones was concerned, it made no difference, one way or the other.
— John Birmingham, Designated Targets
"Many that live deserve death, and some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement."
— Gandalf the Grey, The Lord of the Rings
"The only win is a kill. That's the game. It's their game. They didn't disable the home crystal, they annihilated it. Their game, their rules."
— Toomin, Animorphs - The Ellimist Chronicles
"Why shouldn’t he suffer? These are bad people, little brother. They do bad things. They hurt and they murder and they taint this world with blood and darkness and evil. Why should they go gently? Why shouldn’t they suffer for their sins?"
— Leo to August, This Savage Song
The minutes slipped past and Anakin just sat there, immobilized by his confusion, by a budding rage and the most profound sense of emptiness he had ever known. Only when the pale light began to grow around him, making the low-burning candles seem even thinner, did he even remember where he was.
He looked about, wondering how he might get his mother’s body out of there-for he certainly wasn’t going to leave it to the Tusken Raiders. He could hardly move, though. There seemed a profound pointlessness to it all, a series of motions without meaning.
At that time, the only meaning, the only purpose, that Anakin could fathom was that of the rage building within him, an anger at losing someone he did not wish to give up.
Some small part of him warned him not to give in to that anger, warned him that such emotions were of the dark side.
Then he looked at Shmi lying there, so still, seeming at peace but covered with the clear evidence of all the pain that had been inflicted upon her poor body these last days.
The Jedi Padawan climbed to his feet and took up his lightsaber, then boldly strode through the door.
The two Tusken guards gave a yelp and lifted their staves, rushing for him, but the blue-glowing blade ignited, and in a flash of killing light, Anakin took them down, left and right.
The rage was not sated.
He looked about, wondering how he might get his mother’s body out of there-for he certainly wasn’t going to leave it to the Tusken Raiders. He could hardly move, though. There seemed a profound pointlessness to it all, a series of motions without meaning.
At that time, the only meaning, the only purpose, that Anakin could fathom was that of the rage building within him, an anger at losing someone he did not wish to give up.
Some small part of him warned him not to give in to that anger, warned him that such emotions were of the dark side.
Then he looked at Shmi lying there, so still, seeming at peace but covered with the clear evidence of all the pain that had been inflicted upon her poor body these last days.
The Jedi Padawan climbed to his feet and took up his lightsaber, then boldly strode through the door.
The two Tusken guards gave a yelp and lifted their staves, rushing for him, but the blue-glowing blade ignited, and in a flash of killing light, Anakin took them down, left and right.
The rage was not sated.
— Anakin's murder of the Tusken Raiders, from the novelization of Attack of the Clones
Live-Action TV
Jessica: Sallinger, Nussbaumer, Montero...
Trish: They won't be hurting anyone else.
Jessica: No, but you will.
Trish: They won't be hurting anyone else.
Jessica: No, but you will.
— Jessica Jones Season 3, Episode 13
"Maybe now you know what it feels like to plan something and then have it ruined by someone else!"
— Jade West, Victorious, "Prom Wrecker"
"If that's the kind of thing that keeps you outta heaven, then I don't want to go."
— Frank Semyon, on Ray Velcoro murdering his wife's rapist, True Detective
Robbie: I only kill asesinos who deserve it. It's vengeance, chica.
Daisy: For what? You killed a detective.
Robbie: He had blood on his hands.
Daisy: (whacks him across the cheek) A teacher!
Robbie: A pedophile.
Daisy: For what? You killed a detective.
Robbie: He had blood on his hands.
Daisy: (whacks him across the cheek) A teacher!
Robbie: A pedophile.
"When people ask what happened here, tell them the North remembers. Tell them, winter came for House Frey."
— Arya Stark, Game of Thrones
The Doctor: 'Cause I know what to do. I know what should happen. I know what you deserve. Exterminate! (begins shocking the Dalek)
Dalek: HAVE PI-TYYYYYYYY!
The Doctor: Why should I? You never did!
Dalek: HAVE PI-TYYYYYYYY!
The Doctor: Why should I? You never did!
Cowley: Enjoy the lecture?
Bodie: Oh, we always do, sir, but....
Cowley: But what, Bodie?
Bodie: Oh, a bit heavy, sir. Fascist overtones.
Cowley: Fascist? What do you know about...? Fight fire with fire!
— The Professionals, "Old Dog With New Tricks"
Hard Right Jay: That's it, the Hard Right, coming to a town near you!
Tanis: Yeah, we didn't come here to counter-protest. Ain't nothin' peaceful gonna happen today.
Hard Right Jay: Hey, we don't practice violence.
Tanis: We do.
Tanis: Yeah, we didn't come here to counter-protest. Ain't nothin' peaceful gonna happen today.
Hard Right Jay: Hey, we don't practice violence.
Tanis: We do.
Music
Watch me drop each Nazi
Like an awfully hot pot of coffee
That's a lot of blood for one body,
If you got a problem, bitch, then call mommy
Frau, help, it's Terror Billy! That's right I'll scare ya silly
A nation tainted with your hatred makes it very filthy
Aw shit, did I trigger you, bigot?
When I slit your neck open and let it spit like a spigot?
I'll plant this ax in your face!
Slash out your throat!
Bash in your skull!
Snap every bone!
Crackshot, your heads pop and explode!
Soaked in Nazi blood head to toe!
Like an awfully hot pot of coffee
That's a lot of blood for one body,
If you got a problem, bitch, then call mommy
Frau, help, it's Terror Billy! That's right I'll scare ya silly
A nation tainted with your hatred makes it very filthy
Aw shit, did I trigger you, bigot?
When I slit your neck open and let it spit like a spigot?
I'll plant this ax in your face!
Slash out your throat!
Bash in your skull!
Snap every bone!
Crackshot, your heads pop and explode!
Soaked in Nazi blood head to toe!
Tabletop Games
"The road ahead is filled with an evil that can only be cleansed with the fires of Annihilation."
— Star Colonel Ragnar Magnusson, calling his people enact the Clans' most harrowing punishment against The Word of Blake, BattleTech
I will redeem the ignorant with my words and my actions. If they will not turn toward the light, I will redeem them by the sword.
I will not abide evil, and will combat it with steel when words are not enough. I do not flinch from my faith, and do not fear embarrassment. My soul cannot be bought for all the stars in the sky.
I will not abide evil, and will combat it with steel when words are not enough. I do not flinch from my faith, and do not fear embarrassment. My soul cannot be bought for all the stars in the sky.
Theatre
He had it coming!
He had it coming!
He only had himself to blame!
If you had been there,
If you had seen it,
I betcha you would have done the same!
He had it coming!
He only had himself to blame!
If you had been there,
If you had seen it,
I betcha you would have done the same!
— "Cell Block Tango", Chicago
Chorus Woman: There are evils that cannot be cured by evil. Patience remains, and the gods watch all.
Medea: Let them watch my enemies go down in blood.
Medea: Let them watch my enemies go down in blood.
— Medea
Video Games
"Yes, it was a terrible punishment. But you violated everything we hold dear. You nearly destroyed us all!"
— Ellisime to Irenicus, Baldur's Gate II
Thus die those who attack the innocent. Death's harvest is rich with the blood of cowards, and the virtuous have the strength to reap it. The claimer is here. Take heed...
— Calling card of The Claimer, EV Nova
The Courier: Your crimes are unforgivable.
Vulpes Inculta: As are all crimes. If you feel strongly about it, attack us and soon you won't feel anything at all.
Vulpes Inculta: As are all crimes. If you feel strongly about it, attack us and soon you won't feel anything at all.
"You humans have a saying: 'An eye for an eye, a life for a life.' He owes me ten lives and I plan to collect."
— Garrus Vakarian, Mass Effect 2
"You took my son's future. And now, I've taken yours."
— Genn Greymane, World of Warcraft
Webcomics
"There are deeds that should not be forgiven, malicious acts performed without remorse for which vengeance should be called upon the perpetrator."
— Noah, El Goonish Shive
"We just stopped a group of bandits that were preying on a small town. Does that mean we've done one of those 'Good deeds through multiple acts of violent murder' things that adventurers always do in books?"
— Meji, Errant Story
"Well, the good news is that I'm not going to feel bad about all the killing I'm about to do. The bad news is that I'm not going to feel bad about all the killing I'm about to do."
— Kathryn Flinders, Schlock Mercenary
"Everyone knows that stealing from thieves cancels out."
— Flint, Snarlbear
Web Original
"You know what? Given the soul-crushing amount of arbitrary deaths decent people die for no reason in this galaxy, it is surprisingly refreshing to see it happen first-hand to someone who absolutely deserves it."
— The Emperor of Mankindnote , If the Emperor Had a Text-to-Speech Device
Dark Eldar: Please... mercy....
Leman Russ: Hmph. Ironic.
"I set off on a southeasterly direction and was attacked by bandits who I could now kill from a smug position of moral superiority. Then I took all their stuff. Which isn't stealing! They attacked me first, making it mine by International Law of Go Fuck Yourselves".
— Yahtzee while reviewing Fallout: New Vegas, Zero Punctuation
In one game I ran, there was a troll child that witnessed the murder of her parents by the party. They picked her up as spoils of war and sold her to the butcher: since she regenerated, they could keep cutting meat out of her for eating, flay her skin over and over again to make leather armor from, and have wizards vivisect her for their students to show off troll biology.
But trolls are always evil, so it's okay.
But trolls are always evil, so it's okay.
Western Animation
Marinette Dupain-Cheng: Why did you attack Chloé?
The Evillustrator: Because Chloé is cruel and selfish.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng: Can't argue with that.
The Evillustrator: Because Chloé is cruel and selfish.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng: Can't argue with that.
"I'm not talking about killing Penguin, or Scarecrow, or Dent… I'm talking about him. Just him! And doing it because… he took me away from you."
— Jason Todd, Batman: Under the Red Hood
"Together forever. I can't think of anything they would want... less."
— Discord, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Real Life
"Thieves that steal from thieves are pardoned for a hundred years." ("Ladrão que rouba ladrão recebe cem anos de perdão")
— Portuguese proverb
"To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is barbarity."
"You kill my dog, you better hide your cat."
We Do Bad Things to Bad People
— One of The 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) mottoes
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
— One of the laws in Hammurabi's Code
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
"We have given these true cannibals war for war, crime for crime, outrage for outrage. Yes, I have saved my country, I have avenged America."
— Jean-Jacques Dessalines
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naïve theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
