Quotes about Retribution
Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty.
- John Bunyan
God does not avenge certain crimes in this world, but postpones punishment to the next, to deal with them all the more severely; conversely.
- John Calvin
The anger of God proceeds with a slow step to avenge itself, but that it compensates for its tardiness by the severity of its punishment.
- John Calvin
Hell is not evil; it's a place where evil gets punished. Hell is not pleasant, appealing, or encouraging. But Hell is morally good, because a good God must punish evil.
- Randy Alcorn
Don't come crying to me if your homes are attacked. You will reap what you sow.
- Ian Paisley
No man shall be the avenger of his own wrongs, especially by a deed alike interdicted by the laws of God and man.
- Alexander Hamilton
The Crucified and Risen Christ uses the mistakes of the past to create a positive future, a future of redemption instead of retribution. He does not eliminate or punish the mistakes. He uses them for transformative purposes.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
Once a person recognizes that Jesus's mission (obvious in all four Gospels) was to heal people, not punish them, the dominant theories of retributive justice begin to lose their appeal and their authority.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
That as long as we keep God imprisoned in a retributive frame instead of a restorative frame, we really have no substantial good news;
- Fr. Richard Rohr
Life is not fair, but one day God's going to settle the score. He's going to right the wrongs. So, who can get better justice - you or God?
- Rick Warren
It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive." "No, God won't have the satisfaction that I shall," he returned.
- Emily Bronte
After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.
- George W. Bush