Revengeful Quotes

He did indeed kill the Bank of the United States by exercising the Presidential Veto on the legislation renewing the Bank’s government charter. The Bank was privately owned but handled all the fiscal functions for the Government and holding the United States deposits. The Bank owners and executives were not supports of Jackson and opposed him on many issues. Jackson thought it outrageous that a private bank, not under the control of the people or the representatives of the people, should have a monopoly on the banking functions of the United States. Vetoes were very unusual then. All the presidents before Jackson together vetoed only 12 laws. Jackson himself vetoed 13 including the Bank of America.

This proverb only makes sense in the light of understanding the Arab concept of revenge—“blood.” In a rural desert environment where little can be expected of government, the Arabs have developed a law enforcement and peace keeping mechanism which while primitive from modern standards, nevertheless worked to some degree. It is that revenge—“blood” is a moral necessity and obligation of all people, and revenge is not limited by time or to the individuals involved in the first incidence. The immediate family are the first to extract revenge, but the extended family follows and often the entire clan. Sometimes revenge is tribal or even national. Anyone who fails to revenge a member in his group is not only a disgrace, but is a clear and present danger to the group because then they can be attacked with impunity. So revenge is a strong obligation of the group members and blood must be paid with blood no matter how many generations it may take. The only thing that keeps me and my family safe, is the surety what whosoever kills one of us will themselves be killed or if they die a natural death we will take revenge on one of the evildoers relatives. Crime must never pay!

There were a number of world leaders who were not happy about the German Reunification. See Henry Kissinger {610355} for another.

At Tippecanoe, General Harrison defeated the Indians but suffered over 60 of his men killed and many more wounded. Newly supplied modern English weapons were found on captured Indians. There was a call for war with England:

In modern politics, knowledge of the wisdom of this proverb, tries to spin situations, and intimidate others from overt criticism. When a President is attacked by many, it encourages even more attacks.

The Nazi aggression of the Second World War was almost predictable.

While some of the Serbian holidays commemorate loss of battles, the idea of a specific Day of Revenge is new.