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-->-- '''T'Challa/Black Panther''', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''

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-->-- '''T'Challa/Black Panther''', Panther''' personally defying the trope, ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''
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->''"And the hatred planted in those you leave alive will pass from one generation to the next until this world is engulfed in a war the cause of which none of those fighting will remember. It will never end, don't you see that? Hate only breeds hate and the Imperium cannot be built upon such bloody foundations."''
-->--'''Primarch Rogal Dorn, speaking to Konrad Curze''', ''Literature/HorusHeresy''
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->'''Kevin''': And the really contagious memes can be even worse. For example: revenge. A guy sees his countrymen killed by terrorism, so he becomes a terrorist and retaliates... It's an infinite loop.\\
'''Raiden''': I think it's the same thing with {{child soldiers}}. Kid's parents are killed by other kids, so they join the war next and start killing other people's parents. There's gotta be a way to break the cycle, though.
-->--''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''
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->"It's interesting how violence begets violence, don't you think?"
-->--'''Mayrikafsa''', ''Literature/RedMoonRisingHolt''
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->''"One guy's killed for killing another and then he's killed for killing him. How is that kind of twisted thinking ever gonna bring us peace? Well?"''
-->--'''Cagalli Yula Athha,''' ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''
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->'''Brooklyn''': ''[looking upon shattered remains of humans]'' It's like the massacre at Castle Wyvern.\\
'''Goliath''': Has Demona learned nothing?! Every life is precious.\\
'''Brooklyn''': One of these could be Elisa.\\
'''Goliath''': Never! We will put an end to Demona's evil once and for all.\\
'''Weird Sisters''': Yes, she must be stopped, but remember your own words, Goliath. Every life is precious. Take care not to become what you fight against. Vengeance begets nothing but a vicious cycle of further vengeance.
-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', "City of Stone, Part Two"
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->''"You reap what you sow, Artyom. Force answers force. War breeds war. And death only brings death. To break this vicious circle one must do more than just act without any thought or doubt."''
-->--'''Khan''', ''VideoGame/Metro2033''
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-->--''Theater/{{Hamilton}}'', "My Shot"

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-->--''Theater/{{Hamilton}}'', -->--''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', "My Shot"
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->''"And? \\
If we win our independence?\\
Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?\\
Or will the blood we shed begin an endless cycle \\
Of vengeance and death with no defendants?''
-->--''Theater/{{Hamilton}}'', "My Shot"
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->'''Adam''': Fleury. Tell me what you whispered to Janet, in the briefing, to get her to stop crying about Fran, you know, before all this, before we even got airborne. What'd you say to her?
->'''Aunt''': Tell me, what did your grandfather whisper in your ear before he died?
->'''Adam''': You remember?
->'''Fleury''': I told her we were gonna kill 'em all.
->'''Grandson''': "Don't fear them, my child. We are going to kill them all."
-->--''Film/TheKingdom2007''
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-->--''LiveActionTV/GameOfThrones''

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-->--''LiveActionTV/GameOfThrones''
-->--''Series/GameOfThrones''

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->''"An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind."''
-->-- Attributed to '''UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi'''


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->''"Vengeance has consumed you. It's consuming them. I am done letting it consume me."''
-->-- '''T'Challa/Black Panther''', ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''
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->''"Revenge is never full, it kills the soul and then poisons it.''"

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->''"Revenge is never full, good, it kills the soul and then poisons it.it too.''"
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->''"The war between Heaven and Hell is an ever-turning wheel of vengeance. [[ObligatoryWarCrimeScene Any atrocity]] you could name was committed in the name of avenging some previous act. The wheel won't stop turning until either one side is [[FinalSolution wiped out completely]], or [[MutuallyAssuredDestruction our mutual annihilation]]."''
->''"It's like trying to use blood to clean up blood"''
-->--'''Lakritz''', ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned''

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->'''Tyrion''': How long will it go on?
->'''Cersei''': Until all our enemies are dead.
->'''Tyrion''': It seems that every time we destroy an enemy, we create two more.
->'''Cersei''': Then I suppose it will go on for quite a while.

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->'''Tyrion''': How long will does it go on?
->'''Cersei''': Until we've dealt with all our enemies are dead.
enemies.
->'''Tyrion''': It seems that every Every time we destroy deal with an enemy, we create two more.
->'''Cersei''': Then I suppose it will go on for quite a while.long time.
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->'''Tyrion''': How long will it go on?
->'''Cersei''': Until all our enemies are dead.
->'''Tyrion''': It seems that every time we destroy an enemy, we create two more.
->'''Cersei''': Then I suppose it will go on for quite a while.
-->--''LiveActionTV/GameOfThrones''
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->''"... I was dragged into that twisted world and I lost my family!... [[HypocrisyNod I realized I was a walking contradiction. Now I am doing the same things a terrorist does.]] Instead of cutting the chains of violence, I made the choice to fight back. [[WellIntentionedExtremist Because I believe that in order to prevent such tragedies from happening again the world needs to change from its very foundations...]] I'll accept my punishment for not stopping the killing... after I've changed the world."''
-->--'''Lockon Stratos''', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''
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->''"An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind."''
-->-- Attributed to '''UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi'''
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->'''Mendez''': Governor, somewhere along the line of history, this bloody chain-reaction has got to stop. A destroys B...B destroys C...C destroys A and is destroyed by D, who destroys E...and before anyone knows where they are there'll be nobody left to know anything...anywhere.
-->--''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes''
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->''"Blood leads only to blood, and violence begets violence. Nothing more. Revenge is simply another name for murder."''
-->--'''Deghinsea''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance''
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->But beware
->For when you quench your blood thirst
->Others will seek their vengeance on you
->And they won't rest until you're dead
-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]],''' "Murmaider"
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->"It all goes back and back, to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.”

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->"It ->''"It all goes back and back, to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads."''

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->''"Oberyn wanted vengeance for Elia. Now the three of you want vengeance for him. I have four daughters, I remind you. Your sisters. My Elia is fourteen, almost a woman. Obella is twelve, on the brink of maidenhood. They worship you, as Dorea and Loreza worship them. If you should die, must El and Obella seek vengeance for you, then Dorea and Loree for them? Is that how it goes, round and round forever? I ask again, where does it end?"''
-->-- '''Ellaria Sand''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''

->"It all goes back and back, to our mothers and fathers and theirs before them. We are puppets dancing on the strings of those who came before us, and one day our own children will take up our strings and dance in our steads.”
-->-- '''Tyrion Lannister''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''



->''Oberyn wanted vengeance for Elia. Now the three of you want vengeance for him. I have four daughters, I remind you. Your sisters. My Elia is fourteen, almost a woman. Obella is twelve, on the brink of maidenhood. They worship you, as Dorea and Loreza worship them. If you should die, must El and Obella seek vengeance for you, then Dorea and Loree for them? Is that how it goes, round and round forever? I ask again, where does it end?''
-->--'''Ellaria Sand''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''
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->''Oberyn wanted vengeance for Elia. Now the three of you want vengeance for him. I have four daughters, I remind you. Your sisters. My Elia is fourteen, almost a woman. Obella is twelve, on the brink of maidenhood. They worship you, as Dorea and Loreza worship them. If you should die, must El and Obella seek vengeance for you, then Dorea and Loree for them? Is that how it goes, round and round forever? I ask again, where does it end?''
-->--'''Ellaria Sand''', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''
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->''"[[FantasticRacism Humans rejected your father and taught him to hate]]... [[spoiler: then he destroyed me]] and I was filled with hatred as well! It's a vicious cycle that never ends, Nadira!"''

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->''"[[FantasticRacism Humans rejected your father and taught him to hate]]... [[spoiler: then [[spoiler:then he destroyed me]] and I was filled with hatred as well! It's a vicious cycle that never ends, Nadira!"''



->''The Soviet Socialist Republic of Grzkjistan was a remote, harsh, mountainous, extremely tribal nation whose economy was based primarily on revenge. The Grzkjistanis spent their adult lives thinking up and carrying out elaborate plots to kill and maim each other in connection with bitter, centuries-old grudges, many of them involving goats.''

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->''The Soviet Socialist Republic of Grzkjistan was a remote, harsh, mountainous, extremely tribal nation whose economy was based primarily on revenge. The Grzkjistanis spent their adult lives thinking up and carrying out elaborate plots to kill and maim each other in connection with bitter, centuries-old grudges, many of them [[BestialityIsDepraved involving goats.goats]].''
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-->--'''Comicbook/TheFlash,''' ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', "Flashpoint"

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-->--'''Comicbook/TheFlash,''' ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', "Flashpoint"
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->''"You cannot continue to victimize someone else just because you yourself were a victim once - there has to be a limit."''
-->-- '''Edward Said'''
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-->--'''Jasper Batt Jr.''', ''NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle''

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-->--'''Jasper Batt Jr.''', ''NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle''
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-->--'''Opening Narration''', ''NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle''

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-->--'''Opening Narration''', ''NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle''
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->''"You just want cruelty to beget cruelty. You're not superior to people who were cruel to you. You're just a whole bunch of new cruel people. A whole bunch of new cruel people, being cruel to some other people, who'll end up being cruel to you. The only way anyone can live in peace is if they're prepared to forgive. Why don't you break the cycle?"''
-->--'''The Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho''
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-->-- '''Vladimir Makarov''', ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: ModernWarfare 2''

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-->-- '''Vladimir Makarov''', ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: ModernWarfare 2''
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