History Quotes / RevengeBeforeReason

->''"The most fearsome adversary is the one willing to be destroyed for revenge."''
-->-- '''Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli'''

->'''Sonya''': Raiden needs him. Without Quan Chi, we can't restore Liu Kang or the other revenants. You'd leave them trapped? Like you were?\\
'''Hanzo/Scorpion''': Only Quan Chi concerns me.
-->--''VideoGame/MortalKombatX''

->[''The Scooby Gang has discovered that Giles has gone to get {{revenge}} on Angelus for killing [[LoveInterest Jenny]].'']\\
'''Willow''': So Giles is gonna try to kill Angel then?\\
'''Xander''': Well, it's about time somebody did.\\
'''Willow''': Xander!\\
'''Xander''': I'm sorry, but let's not forget that I hated Angel ''long'' before you guys jumped on the bandwagon. So I think I deserve a little something for not saying "[[IWarnedYou I told you so]]" long before now. And if Giles wants to go after the, uh, ''fiend'' that murdered his girlfriend, I say, "Film/FasterPussycatKillKill"\\
'''Buffy''': ...You're right.\\
'''Xander''': Thank you.\\
'''Buffy''': There's only one thing wrong with Giles' little revenge scenario.\\
'''Xander''': And what's that?\\
'''Buffy''': [[SuicideMission It's gonna get him killed]].
-->--''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E17Passion Passion]]"

->'''Athena:''' As we speak, the war for Olympus rages on and mankind suffers.\\
'''Kratos:''' ''[[LackOfEmpathy Let them suffer]]''. The death of Zeus is all that matters.
-->-- ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII''

->[[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarfs]] are as strong and unbending as stone (and some would say as forgiving) and grim as the mountains they live in. From Karaz-a-Karak, the most ancient of the Dwarf holds, the last High King of the Dwarfs wages a never-ending battle against [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]], [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblins]] and other evil creatures. [[DyingRace Each year Dwarf numbers dwindle.]] Each year the war becomes more desperate. Each year the enemies of the Dwarfs become more numerous. [[LampshadeHanging In my mind the wisdom of continuing this struggle is doubtful, even if its heroism is not.]] But as long as one of their warriors draws breath, the Dwarfs will not set aside their axes or forget their grudges.
-->-- '''Hieronymous of Nuln''', Imperial historian, ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''

->''The world would be a happier place than it is if acquisitiveness were always stronger than rivalry. But in fact, a great many men will cheerfully face impoverishment if they can thereby secure complete ruin for their rivals.''
-->-- '''Bertrand Russell''', ''Nobel Prize of Literature, 1950''

->''"There are some who have lost everyone and everything. They actively seek out the [[EldritchAbomination Eldrazi]], eager for the smallest measure of vengeance."''
-->-- '''Munda, ambush leader''', ''[[http://www.magicspoiler.com/mtg-spoiler/breaker-of-armies/ Breaker of Armies]]'', ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''

->"It's a touching offer, and clearly in my best interest, but I'm far too vindictive. So '''''FUCK YOU, ASS-BAGS!'''''"
-->-- '''Toot Braunstein''', ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether''

->''Let these people '''''burn!''''''' Vido '''''dies!''''' '''''WHATEVER THE COST!'''''
-->-- '''Zaeed Massani''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

->''I've heard ENOUGH. I don't CARE about "potential" or "resources". [...] I want my [[EarthShatteringKaboom Cluster]], and I want that planet [Earth] to DIE. Just make that happen.''
-->--'''Yellow Diamond''', to '''Peridot''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''

->'''Jenny''': Uncle, this is insanity! People are going to die!\\
'''Enyos''': Yes. It is not justice that we serve. It is vengeance.
-->--''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

->''"I am filled with rage... [[DefiedTrope but not so much as to be blinded by it]]."''
-->-- '''Karst''', ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge''

->''Not even a threat to the entire Multiverse could persuade them to put aside their feud.''
-->-- ''[[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=460957 Single Combat]]'', ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''

->'''Ben Daimio''': So you're here to execute me, that it? With a knife?\\
'''Johann Kraus''': It can do the job. You'll see.\\
'''Daimio''': Maybe, but can ''you?''\\
'''Kraus''': I haven't thought of anything else for months. It's gnawed at me - like a parasite. Your death was the only way I was going to be free of it. I really believed that. But it's not true, and now I know it. That thing inside me is gone. I'm myself again, I think. So no, killing you won't be easy for me. ''But you still have to'' '''''DIE!'''''
-->--''Comicbook/{{BPRD}}: Hell on Earth - The Long Death''

->'''Leif''': Come back home with me Thorfinn. You've done enough! Come with me!\\
'''Thorfinn''': Enough? What would you know? What the hell do you know about what I've been through?\\
'''Leif''': Huh?\\
'''Thorfinn''': As long as Askeladd lives and breathes and shits I haven't done enough!! '''It's not enough!!'''
-->--''Manga/VinlandSaga''

->'''Winston:''' What have you done?\\
'''John:''' ...Finished it.
-->--''Film/JohnWickChapter2''

->''"Revenge is a powerful motivator, and this Stackhouse wouldn't be the first to ignore his own best interests in an effort to get it"''
-->--'''Tim''', ''Literature/TheInstitute''

->'''Moze''': You two are living proof that revenge makes you crazy.\\
'''Cookie''': Crazy for more revenge!
-->--''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide''

->'''Deputy Mitch Rogers''': Why don't you let the state police handle this?\\
'''Sheriff Will Teasle''': Look! Look at him. Look at him! That's Art Galt, boy. He and I were friends when your mama was still wiping your nose! Now he's dead. He's dead because of that psycho out there. Now you listen, boy, and you listen to me good. I'm gonna get that son of a bitch and I'm gonna pin that Congressional Medal of Honor to his liver. And I'm gonna do it with you or without you.
-->--''Film/FirstBlood''

->''"You've got an overdeveloped sense of vengeance. It's going to get you into trouble one of these days."''
-->--'''Count Tyrone Rugen''', ''Film/ThePrincessBride''

->''"They’re all laughing. You’re laughing at the cost of Itachi’s life laughing together completely ignorant of everything. Your laughing voices sound like contempt and mocking me now, [[ThenLetMeBeEvil I will change those laughs to screams and wails]].''"
-->-- '''[[VillainProtagonist Sasuke Uchiha]]''', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''

->''Sophia is remembered only as your former comrade, a revolutionary who betrayed the great cause of the Revolt for the sake of revenge.''
-->-- ''VideoGame/TheLifeAndSufferingOfSirBrante''

->'''Tommy Vercetti:''' There goes my careful planning blown to shit, thanks to you! You screwed up real good, Lance!\\
'''Lance Vance:''' He killed my brother. What do you expect me to do, mow his lawns?
-->-- ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity''

->'''Joachim:''' Sir. May I speak? We're all with you, sir, but consider this. We are free. We have a ship and the means to go where we will. We have escaped permanent exile on Ceti Alpha V. You have proved your superior intellect, and defeated the plans of Admiral Kirk. You do not need to defeat him again.
->'''Khan:''' He tasks me. He tasks me and I shall have him. [[Literature/MobyDick I'll chase him round the moons of Nibia and round the Antares maelstrom and round perdition's flames before I give him up]]. Prepare to alter course.
-->-- ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''

->''"I will not sacrifice the ''Enterprise''. We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats. They invade our space, and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds, and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn ''here''! This far, no farther! And I will make them ''pay'' for what they've done!"''
-->--'''Jean-Luc Picard''', ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''

->'''Thomas Angel:''' In case you've forgotten something, old buddy, we're in the narcotics business and not the revenge business. Now you've got the distribution pipeline set up from China and I've got the best distribution outlet there could possibly be and I don't see that revenge has got anything to do with it.\\
'''General Chow:''' You are not of my culture. Perhaps you should ask your father about the laws of silence, the omerta of the American underworld. Perhaps he can explain ''revenge'' to you.
-->-- ''Series/TheATeam'', "[[Recap/TheATeamS2E2RecipeForHeavyBread Recipe for Heavy Bread]]"

->''There is a victory that I must obtain regardless of the consequences.''
-->-- '''Dragstrider, Luard''', ''TabletopGame/CardfightVanguard''

-> ''"This rage train ain't stoppin' till I thump [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy those three twerps]]!"''
-->-- '''Kevin''', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow''

-> ''"This rage train ain't stoppin' till I thump [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy those three twerps!]]"''

-> ''"This rage train ain't stoppin' till I thump those three twerps! "''

-> ''"This rage train ain't stoppin till I thump those three twerps! "''

'''Kratos:''' ''Let them suffer''. The death of Zeus is all that matters.

->-- ''Series/TheATeam'', "[[Recap/TheATeamS2E2RecipeForHeavyBread Recipe for Heavy Bread]]"

->'''Goku''': Gohan! You've got to take Cell down now! Before he can [[HealingFactor regenerate]]!\\
'''Gohan''': Take him down ''now''? No, I think I'll wait. I'm going to let him suffer for a little while.\\
'''Goku''': "Wait"?! No, Gohan! [...] Gohan! Listen to me! [[KillHimAlready You've got to get him! Do it]] ''[[KillHimAlready now]]''! We all know you have the power! It's time to use it!\\
[''Gohan looks right at Goku, [[PsychoticSmirk smirks]], and does nothing'']
-->--''Anime/DragonBallZ''

->'''Cell''' (grievously wounded by Gohan's Kamehameha): Hey, kid! You missed a spot!\\
[''Gohan [[PsychoticSmirk smirks]].'']\\
'''Goku''': All right, Gohan! Think it's time you brought her home!\\
'''Gohan''': [[SoftSpokenSadist Hold on!]] [[ColdBloodedTorture I'm not done ripping the wings off this butterfly.]]\\
'''Piccolo''': [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Red Flag!]]\\
'''Goku''': Uh... kiddo? I understand you're angry, [[KillHimAlready but]]--\\
'''Gohan''': But ''what?'' [[ParentalHypocrisy You're gonna give me advice now?]] Let me guess... [[SaveTheVillain I should "let him go"]] so [[WorthyOpponent he could be an even better fight later]]! [[BreakTheHaughty Or maybe I should let him power up to 100% so I could teach him humility!]] Wait! I know... I should throw him a '''god damn''' Senzu Bean [[CallBack and let]] '''[[CallBack YOU]]''' [[CallBack fight him]]!\\
'''Goku''' (nervously): I... see what you're getting at, Gohan.\\
'''Gohan''': Then shut up and put on your poncho. [[DeadlyEuphemism You're in the splash zone.]]\\
'''Goku''': Is that also a red flag?\\
'''Piccolo''': '''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Crimson.]]'''
-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''

->'''Buzz Lightyear:''' I just want you to know that even though you tried to terminate me, [[SubvertedTrope revenge is not an idea we promote on my planet]].\\
'''Woody:''' Oh? Well, that's good.\\
'''Buzz:''' But we're not on my planet... ''(pulls Woody close)'' [[ExactWords Are we]]?\\
'''Woody:''' No...\\
''([[DoubleSubvertedTrope Buzz tackles Woody]])''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''

->''"I will not sacrifice the Enterprise. We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats. They invade our space, and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds, and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn ''here''! This far, no farther! And I will make them ''pay'' for what they've done!"''

->'''Cell''' (grievously wounded by Gohan's Kamehameha Wave): Hey, kid! You missed a spot!\\

-->--Tim, ''Literature/TheInstitute''