“It's how we keep from destroying in turn our own children and terrorizing the women who have the misfortune to love us; how we absent ourselves from the tradition of male violence; how we decline the seduction of revenge.”
Willem Dafoe - Rolfe Whitehouse

“When these little African countries get into a dispute, they tend to just murder everybody. They live for the opportunity to settle scores... and they have a lot of scores to settle.”
Ernie Hudson - Captain Monroe Kelly

“- Matt Murdock: Justice isn't a sin, Father.
- Father Everett: No, but vengeance is. You see it every day on the street: violence begets more violence. Is that how you want to live your life? A lawyer during the day, and then judge and jury at night?”
Ben Affleck - Matt Murdock
Derrick O'Connor - Father Everett

“I lost a son and a nephew to gang violence. I didn't want anyone arrested. I wanted them all dead. Heartless, cold bullets to the back of the head, just the way they killed my boy. That's a natural reaction. The desire for revenge, it's a part of grieving.”
CCH Pounder - Tyne Patterson

“One doesn't easily forget, Herr Baron, an arm torn out by the roots.”

Lionel Atwill - Inspector Krogh