Top 118 Retribution Quotes & Sayings

If one mistreats citizens of foreign countries, one infringes upon one's duty toward one's own subjects; for thus one exposes themto the law of retribution.

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

It is a just retribution for improper sexual misconduct

One who has sinned cannot escape retribution in any other way than by repentance corresponding to his sin.

Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.

There is something in human history like retribution; and it is a rule of historical retribution that its instrument be forged not by the offended, but by the offender himself. The first blow dealt to the French monarchy proceeded from the nobility, not from the peasants. The Indian revolt does not commence with the ryots, tortured, dishonoured and stripped naked by the British, but with the sepoys, clad, fed and petted, fatted and pampered by them.

RETRIBUTION, n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by evicting them.

Excess always carries its own retribution.

To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution.

That was clearly a tackle aimed at getting revenge - or maybe it was just out-and-out retribution.

On many issues, empathy can pull us in the wrong direction. The outrage that comes from adopting the perspective of a victim can drive an appetite for retribution.

Memory is earth's retribution for man's sins.

All who have their reward on Earth, the fruits Of painful superstition and blind zeal, Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find Fit retribution, empty as their deeds.

Never yet were the feelings and instincts of our nature violated with impunity; never yet was the voice of conscience silenced without retribution.

The poor homosexuals -- they have declared war upon nature, and now nature is extracting an awful retribution (AIDS).

there is a law of retribution in all things, direct or indirect, visible or invisible.

Both cyber and old-fashioned human-intelligence industrial espionage has occurred for decades without any significant retribution by the United States.

There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.

The votes elected officials make should be based on the best interests of the American people, not the fear of retribution when shadowy groups spend millions of dollars on negative advertisements.

The forces of retribution are always listening. They never sleep.

Why would our president close the embassy to the Vatican? Hopefully, it is not retribution for Catholic organizations opposing Obamacare.

Polling only works in a country without a depressed, frightened populace. Where the public trusts authorities enough to tell them the truth without fear of retribution.

But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

Retribution is really a stone age concept.

You cannot do justice to the dead. When we talk about doing justice to the dead we are talking about retribution for the harm done to them. But retribution and justice are two different things.

I have no doubt that the lies Trump told on the campaign trail will come crashing back at him in karmic retribution.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

A traitor commits his crime but once. The rest/is retribution.

The message of reconciliation, of nation-building, of granting amnesty, indemnity, has struck a powerful, favorable chord. And people can understand that we're here not for purposes of retribution but to forget the past and to build our country.

Plans to exact retribution are never going to make us safer.

Forgiveness doesn't diminish justice; it just entrusts it to God. He guarantees the right retribution.

I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature.

All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation.

I believe in one, incomprehensible God, the immortality of the soul and eternal retribution for our acts.

I see now that my faith was becoming an ally rather than an enemy because I could vent anger freely, even toward God, without fearing retribution.

Requiring that an execution be relatively painless...actually undermines the very premise on which public approval of the retribution rationale is based.

Revenge is more wild, less calculated...deeply personal. Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved. (Mitch Rapp)

There is no satisfaction in vengeance unless the offender has time to realize who it is that strikes him, and why retribution has come upon him.

When poor and ordinary Americans who commit crimes are prosecuted and imprisoned, that is Justice. When the same thing is done to Washington elites, that is Ugly Retribution.

A proper criminal justice system exacts justice - that is, punishes criminals for their crimes. Rehabilitation and deterrence are worthy goals, but they are secondary to retribution.

Instead, our system of "corrections" is about arm's-length revenge and retribution, all day and all night. Then its overseers wonder why people leave prison more broken than when they went in.

On channels terrified of accusations of bias, or political retribution, comics making jokes about the growing power base of far-right politicians aren't taking the 'easy' route.

If a man who has committed many a misdemeanor does not repent and cleanse his heart of the evil, retribution will come upon his person as sure as the streams run into the ocean which becomes ever deeper and wider. If a man who has committed a misdemeanor come to the knowledge of it, reform himself, and practise goodness, the force of retribution will gradually exhaust itself as a disease gradually loses its baneful influence when the patient perspires.

Retribution is just outstanding.

Retribution is a dog chasing its tail.

There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

Campuses should be places where students are able to make mistakes without fear of retribution. If there is no margin for error, it is impossible to receive a meaningful education.

No. There is no balance, and no retribution, and no rules. The rules and balances you blather about are hopeful creations of a man fearing death.

Justice can span years. Retribution is not subject to a calendar.

AIDS is an absolutely tragic disease. The argument about AIDS' being some kind of divine retribution is crap.

If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.

Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg, never quits his track.

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

AIDS is nature's retribution for violating the laws of nature.

A woman should not have to fear retribution from her employer, and the District of Columbia should be able to pass laws to protect against that retribution.

Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.

Domestic abuse is wrong, but domestic retribution is okay.

No shame, no solution, no remorse, no retribution, just people selling t-shirts.

Retribution is tricky. . . . The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch.