Cynthia Ozick Quotes

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

When you have no one to answer to, vendetta as investment strategy is as legitimate as anything.

Audiences like to see the bad guys get their comeuppance.

… vengeance is seldom justice.

There is no justice if wrongdoers go unpunished and victims do not feel avenged.

Justice should not admit a public's thirst for pure revenge.

An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own

It does not render justice to the victims, but rather fosters vengeance.

The stories are most often about justice. In her stories, those who commit injustice, or act tyrannically, come to no good. They are punished.

No trait is more justified than revenge in the right time and place.

People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

I always told my young umpires, 'Don't get mad. Whatever you do, don't show it. But no matter how long it takes, get even.'

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

Justice is revenge.

The thing with 'Mortal Kombat' is we really deal with that: What is the right thing to do? When somebody does something bad, do you, then, in your mind, rectify the situation by doing something bad to them?

When critics sit in judgment it is hard to tell where justice leaves off and vengeance begins.

You can wipe out your opponents. But if you do it unjustly you become eligible for being wiped out yourself.

Our sense of fairness tells us that people should pay for the wrong they do.

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

We’re going to find out who did this, and we’re going to kick their asses.

The man who was excellent, I rewarded him well; who was evil, I punished him well.

As one voice must labor speak—to reward its friends and punish its enemies.

I want no mercy. I want justice, justice, justice.

These two people have been cruelly wronged. By God, I shall see you righted.