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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. By Arthur Conan Doyle Satisfaction Vengeance Offender Time Realize

There is no such thing as justice, all the best that we can hope for is revenge. By Emilie Autumn Justice Revenge Thing Hope

Rejected both the appropriateness of an apology and of monetary redress. By John J. Mccloy Rejected Redress Appropriateness Apology Monetary

son who has stolen from his father's business. If after wasting the goods, the son returns to the father and sincerely seeks forgiveness, it is within the father's right to forgive him. But not all would be settled yet; the accounts haven't been balanced. Someone has to take the hit for the stolen goods. If the father wants, he has every right to pay for his son's debt from his own account. By Nabeel Qureshi Father Son Business Goods Stolen

Sec. 10. Besides the crime which consists in violating the law, and varying from the right rule of reason, whereby a man so far becomes degenerate, and declares himself to quit the principles of human nature, and to be a noxious creature, there is commonly injury done to some person or other, and some other man receives damage by his transgression: in which case he who hath received any damage, has, besides the right of punishment common to him with other men, a particular right to seek reparation from him that has done it: and any other person, who finds it just, may also join with him that is injured, and assist him in recovering from the offender so much as may make satisfaction for the harm he has suffered. By John Locke Sec Man Person Damage Law

Forgiveness isn't simply an option or a good idea; it is mandatory for our restorative process. By Grace Gealey Forgiveness Idea Process Simply Option

Forgiveness does not replace justice. By Pope Benedict Xvi Forgiveness Justice Replace

Repentance is the word that gives us a second chance. By Fred A. Hartley Jr. Repentance Chance Word

Forgiveness shouldn't be expected : It should be earned. By Estelle Maskame Forgiveness Expected Earned

Justice is putting everything in its proper place By Ali Ibn Abi Talib Justice Place Putting Proper

True justice is to pay one time for every mistake we make. By Miguel Angel Ruiz True Make Justice Pay Time

Apologizing with grace By Nicole Fenton Apologizing Grace

The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting. By Ovid Remitted Everlasting Punishment Crime

THE RETRIBUTION PRINCIPLE (RP) is the conviction that the righteous will prosper and the wicked will suffer, both in proportion to their respective righteousness and wickedness. In Israelite theology the principle was integral to the belief in God's justice. By John H. Walton Retribution Principle Suffer Wickedness Conviction

Vengeance is mine, I will repay By Leo Tolstoy Vengeance Mine Repay

I assure you, Miss Durham, there is always recourse. Consequence is a faithful companion in all deeds, whether good or bad, and it can teach us like nothing can to change our ways when we have done wrong. Besides, if there is no repentance, then what was the point of God's great sacrifice?" "I do not know," she answered By V.r. Christensen Miss Durham Recourse Assure God

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse. By Carlos Ruiz Zafon Life Remorse Chances Feel

There is an ugly kind of forgiveness in this world,a kind of hedgehog forgiveness, shot out like quills. Men take one who has offended, and set him down before the blowpipe of their indignation, and scorch him, and burn his fault into him; and when they have kneaded him sufficiently with their fiery fists, thenthey forgive him. By Henry Ward Beecher Kind Forgiveness Shot Quills Ugly

In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims. By William Greider Finance Crime Deeds Victims Deregulated

Things past redress are now with me past care By William Shakespeare Things Care Past Redress

Everything owed is due again. By Linda Robinson Owed Due

No amount of money can recover lost time By Sunday Adelaja Time Amount Money Recover Lost

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return? By Epictetus Return Thing Dead Case Lost

Repentance is a change of behavior which invites forgiveness. By Theodore M. Burton Repentance Forgiveness Change Behavior Invites

A statute that lets some wrongfully convicted individuals seek restitution but denies that right to others is an unjust and unequal application of the law. By Eric Schneiderman Law Statute Wrongfully Convicted Individuals

How insane we are as humans when having received a nasty offense we return the same awful offense. If given an apple found to be rotten and wormy, would we not toss it aside rather than force a soul to eat it? Offenses should be discarded, not returned. By Richelle E. Goodrich Insane Humans Received Nasty Return

Justice is revenge. By Saad Hariri Justice Revenge

I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out. By Nancy Reagan Back Big Believer Eventually Give

Forgiveness achieves more than vengeance. By Matshona Dhliwayo Forgiveness Vengeance Achieves

The justice of our cause must be reflected in the manner in which we rectify the crimes of the past. By Jalal Talabani Past Justice Reflected Manner Rectify

We need to ask God for forgiveness and do all we can to correct whatever harm our actions may have caused. Repentance means a change of mind and heart - we stop doing things that are wrong, and we start doing things that are right. It brings us a fresh attitude toward God, oneself, and life in general. By Dieter F. Uchtdorf God Caused Things Forgiveness Correct

Question - What is justice, stripped of appearances? By Plato Question Justice Stripped Appearances

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. By Emily Thorne Form Symmetry Purest Act Retribution

Repentance clothes in grass and flowers the grave in which the past is laid. By John Sterling Repentance Laid Clothes Grass Flowers

When you are wronged repeatedly, the worst thing you can do is continue taking itfight back! By Donald J. Trump Repeatedly Back Wronged Worst Thing

You can not aspire for redemption by asking for your reputation back. Redemption requires action, and a reputation is either defended or it is earned. By Leot Felton Back Redemption Reputation Aspire Action

When God forgives, He at once restores. By Theodore Epp God Forgives Restores

One thing, however, is sure, - that in all cases the effort should be to impose all the cost of repairing the wrong upon the doer of the wrong. This alone is real justice, and of course such justice is necessarily free. By Benjamin Tucker Wrong Thing Cases Effort Impose

Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. By Eric Hoffer Retribution Eventually

Forgiveness is the best policy and the person who forgives is the best. By Abdulazeez Henry Musa Forgiveness Policy Person Forgives

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. By Ambrose Bierce Retribution Rain Falls Alike Unjust

Sometimes, the only way to get justice is to take it for yourself. By Leigh Bardugo Justice

To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates. By Desmond Tutu Liberates Coin Forgive Abandon Pay

True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible. By Lawana Blackwell True Repentance Making Amends Person

There's always enough retribution to be dealt. By Amber Silvia Dealt Retribution

Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost. By Timothy Keller Forgiveness Cost Granting Retaliate Absorb

Redemption is reliant on being forgiven By R.e. Vance Redemption Forgiven Reliant

Forgiveness with kindness is the best revenge. By Debasish Mridha Forgiveness Revenge Kindness

Revenge is undertaken by men who would repay in kind the evil done to them By Tracy Higley Revenge Undertaken Men Repay Kind

Vindication is the privilege of the victorious By Jelle Peters Vindication Victorious Privilege

Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better. By Joseph Joubert Repentance Remorse Crime Expiation Punishment

No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man. By Louisa May Alcott Pity Pardon Man Love Excuse

It is always easier to requite an injury than a service: gratitude is a burden, but revenge is found to pay. By Tacitus Service Gratitude Burden Pay Easier

I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No. By Paddy Ashdown Justice Establish Expectation Retributive

When someone does wrong, when we make mistakes, we don't say we're sorry. We promise to make amends. By Leigh Bardugo Wrong Mistakes Make Amends Promise

Only forgiveness frees us from the injustice of others. By Philip Yancey Forgiveness Frees Injustice

Sometimes the only justice you can give to people is to remember them. By Sophia Martin Justice Give People Remember

Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something; forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on. By Criss Jami Forgiveness Grudges Insist Owed Substantial

4.04 APOLOGYA second insult be just a stiff apology,As the first be when hurt was the party;Damages for aggrieved no medicine be,But healing from hurt - the desire only.[38] - 4 By Munindra Misra Apologya Damages Hurt Party Only

I am struck here by the curious mixture of justice and injustice in our lives. We are blamed for our real faults but usually not on the right occasions. By C.s. Lewis Lives Struck Curious Mixture Justice

If you deserve it, and repent in action - not in words. I want no more words. By Charles Dickens Words Action Deserve Repent

Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession. By Friedrich Schiller Forgiveness Possession Finding Lost

How gracious to forgive the people who hurt you By Lailah Gifty Akita Gracious Forgive People Hurt

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion By Frank Herbert Justice Motion Claim Belongs Claimant

God is not looking for repayment, but repentance. What heals a broken relationship is sincere love and contrition. By Frederica Mathewes-Green God Repayment Repentance Contrition Heals

Forgiveness is a religious imperative: forgive those who trespass against you. But it is also a very practical strategy based on the belief that there are profound limits to what the formal mechanisms of retribution can accomplish. By Malcolm Gladwell Forgiveness Imperative Forgive Religious Trespass

People avenge themselves for the favors done them. By Louis-Ferdinand Celine People Avenge Favors

Most people, if they know they have done wrong, foolishly suppose they can conceal their error by defending it, and finding a justification for it; but in my belief there is only one medicine for an evil deed, and that is for the guilty man to admit his guilt and show that he is sorry for it. Such an admission will make the consequences easier for the victim to bear, and the guilty man himself, by plainly showing his distress at former transgressions, will find good grounds of hope for avoiding similar transgressions in the future. By Arrian Guilty Man People Wrong Foolishly

The Perpetrator's Narrative: The story begins with the harmful act. At the time I had good reasons for doing it. Perhaps I was responding to an immediate provocation. Or I was just reacting to the situation in a way that any reasonable person would. I had a perfect right to do what I did, and it's unfair to blame me for it. The harm was minor, and easily repaired, and I apologized. It's time to get over it, put it behind us, let bygones be bygones. The By Steven Pinker Narrative Perpetrator Act Story Begins

when people settle their accounts, guilt is easy to find, and justice is the right to do whatever we think must be done, and therefore justice can be anything. By Mesa Selimovic Accounts Guilt Find Justice People

Regrets are non-refundable. By Mary Ray Birdwell Regrets Nonrefundable

It is with pleasure I receive reproof, when reproof is due, because no person can be readier to accuse me, than I am to acknowledge an error, when I am guilty of one; nor more desirous of atoning for a crime, when I am sensible of having committed it. By George Washington Reproof Due Error Crime Pleasure

There is a manner of forgiveness so divine that you are ready to embrace the offender for having called it forth. By Johann Kaspar Lavater Manner Forgiveness Divine Ready Embrace

REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. By Francis Bacon Revenge Justice Kind Wild Man

What's done can't be undone, but at least you can keep it from happening again. By Anne Frank Undone Happening

AmendsRegret lingers, niggles. Yellow lilieson the table, gone brown in the vase.The garden we talk about, endlessly, but never begin, deterred by tough sod.On the edge of the walk, the wheelbarrowfull of stones waits like an undeliveredapology. Within, the floor needs scrubbingand only hands and knees will do the job.I know that forgiveness is a simple meal - a salad, a boiled potato, a glass of tea.Easy to prepare, to offer. That the silenceafterward will satisfy, perhaps even nourish. By Antonia Clark Niggles Amendsregret Lingers Endlessly Yellow

Apologies have more power than most of us realize to restore strained relationships, free us from vengeful impulses, and create possibilities for growth. By John Kador Apologies Relationships Free Impulses Growth

It seems The Adversary needs neither their guilt nor their request, but simply their return. In other words, since repentance is the process whereby guilt is turned into gratitude, He doesn't mind if they skip a step and go directly to gratitude. By Geoffrey Wood Adversary Request Return Gratitude Guilt

You only get back what you put in By Catherine Cox Back Put

The moment that justice must be paid for by the victim of injustice it becomes itself injustice. By Benjamin Tucker Injustice Moment Justice Paid Victim

If you are cheated out of a single dollar by your neighbor, you do not rest satisfied with knowing that you are cheated, or with saying that you are cheated, or even with petitioning him to pay you your due; but you take effectual steps at once to obtain the full amount, and see that you are never cheated again. By Henry David Thoreau Cheated Neighbor Due Amount Single

The country in which reparations actually happen is a very different one than the one we live in. By Ta-Nehisi Coates Country Reparations Happen Live

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge. By Scott Adams Revenge Inspires Forgiveness

You get no more and no less than what you believe you deserve. By Dan Millman Deserve

Vengeance, retaliation, retribution, revenge are deceitful brothers - vile, beguiling demons promising justifiable compensation to a pained soul for his losses. Yet in truth they craftily fester away all else of worth remaining. By Richelle E. Goodrich Vengeance Retaliation Retribution Vile Revenge

My claims were justified in all men's sight; I put my trust in equity and right; Yet, to my horror and the world's disgrace, Justice is mocked, and I have lost my case! A scoundrel whose dishonesty is notorious Emerges from another lie victorious! By Moliere Justice Sight Disgrace Mocked Case

Few things are more aggravating than to be forgiven when one has done no wrong. By Sarah Chauncey Woolsey Wrong Things Aggravating Forgiven

The Miracle of Forgiveness By The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints Forgiveness Miracle

He who boasts of a favor bestowed, would like it back again. By Publilius Syrus Bestowed Boasts Favor Back

Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings. By Samuel Johnson Reproof Failings Exhaust Power Petty

All too often, we sanitize and simplify forgiveness, when in fact it's an arduous, exhausting task---messy, risky, and unpredictable. By Marina Cantacuzino Messy Risky Forgiveness Arduous Exhausting

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything. By Lynn Johnston Life Apology Superglue Repair

Justice is what you get when you run out of money. By H.l. Mencken Justice Money Run

We forgive, we mortify our resentment; a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we discover the old resentment blazing away as if nothing had been done about it at all. We need to forgive our brother seventy times seven not only for 490 offences but for one offence. By C.s. Lewis Resentment Forgive Mortify Week Chain

A life for a life. All debts have to be repaid. By Alex London Life Repaid Debts

Though our childhood abuse left us feeling someone ought to make reparation to us, if we wait a lifetime for that, we may never receive what we need. We choose instead to face the idea that from now on, we are going to take responsibility for caring for ourselves. By Maureen Brady Childhood Abuse Left Feeling Make

There is a hard law. When an injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive. By Alan Paton Law Hard Forgive Injury Recover

The truth is that nobody is owed an apology for anything. Apologies are lovely when they happen. But they change nothing. They do not reverse actions or correct damage. They are merely nice to hear. By Augusten Burroughs Truth Owed Apology Apologies Happen

Revenge is a lie we fabricate to ease our consciences. But like two negatives can never equal a positive, two wrong deeds cannot make a right. They only screw-up the equation. By Caroline George Revenge Consciences Lie Fabricate Ease

Shake off the self-pity, shake off the defeat and get ready for God to do something new. He is going to pay you back for every injustice. By Joel Osteen Shake God Selfpity Defeat Ready