Dashiell Hammett Quotes

To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil—and if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.

Revenge proves its own executioner.

Oddly enough, I think that everybody can relate to revenge, on some level. Everyone has wanted to exact it, at some point, and everybody has tampered with the idea, even if they didn't actually go through with it.

I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I believe in two eyes for an eye.

France does not practice revenge.

You know what, rip me off once, shame on me. But twice? I'm coming after you and taking back what's mine.

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

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

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

In moments of pain, we seek revenge.

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.'

The idea that murder victims' families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is something that I consider to be not only a lie, but criminally negligent. You lie to victims' families when you tell them they're going to receive closure if they participate in the process and witness the execution of a human being.

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.

Revenge is a way of life and definitely some thing that we identify with. We all feel cheated in some way about some thing and how nice it would be to do something about it. I mean ultimately it's not the most Christian of sentiments.

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.

We treat them in the same way. Those who kill our women and innocent, we kill their women and innocent, until they refrain.

For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

Justice is revenge.

You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

'Re-Mit' is going to terrify people. It's quite horrible. The Fall have had enough and we're coming for you.

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.