Charles Dallara

Threats of trade protectionism, plus unilateral actions on the exchange-rate front, such as the heavy interventions of China, Japan, and Switzerland in the currency markets - not to mention the retaliatory tariffs recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives - endanger growth prospects and could further depress financial market confidence.

American Businessman

Pankaj Mishra

The advocates of retaliatory wars will continue to assume a much simpler reality with their hoary oppositions: Religious and secular, backward and enlightened, free and unfree. But if we are to admit how deeply and irrevocably interconnected our world is, then we must find new ways to break the cycle of counter-productive violence.

Indian Novelist

Paul Craig Roberts

Many foolish people believe that nuclear war cannot happen, because there can be no winner. However, the American war planners, who elevated U.S. nuclear weapons from a retaliatory role to a pre-emptive first strike function, obviously do not agree that nuclear war cannot be won.

American Economist

Barney Frank

If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you think there was serious ethics violation that ought to be looked at, you don't hold it back for retaliatory purposes.

American Politician

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

The West will have to choose: either to come to terms with Russians, or to receive a retaliatory blow. This retaliatory blow will not be by means of war. We will resort to the same weapon: nationalism.

Russian Politician

Rajnath Singh

India always wants good, friendly relations with its neighbours and continues with its policy of not disturbing anyone. But if someone fires at us first, we will not count the retaliatory bullets.

Indian Politician

Antony Blinken

Pyongyang possesses thousands of artillery pieces 30 miles from Seoul. Just one retaliatory salvo could decimate South Korea's capital.

American Statesman

Moshe Sharett

An there is always the question: is it really proven that retaliatory actions solve the security problem?.

Israeli Statesman

Retaliatory suggests strong feelings as it's related to vengeance, not just a neutral response.

Emotional Charge

Often used in legal or political situations where actions have formal consequences.

Legal Context

While usually negative, retaliatory actions can sometimes be viewed as justified self-defense.

Not Always Negative

 the rain of retaliatory garbage that is inevitable -- I fear for you." But I trust girls and I trust women, and I trust our allies. It was published, it went viral, it proves that every single day online misogyny is a phenomenon endured by us all, all over the world, and when it is intersectional,

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 The gray catbird, on the other hand, is an expert at rooting out the very same parasites. It memorizes what the first egg in its nest looks like, which is usually its own, and tosses any aberrations. This retaliatory adaptation can fuel an evolutionary arms race

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 for thirty years saw this next to a carcass of a tiger and they'll shoot something poison it and then they'll get the tiger skin and bones the bones are the most valuable but local people will also do this as retaliatory killings

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 And the third threat is the illegal hunting for bear parts, for bear trade and human-bear conflict. So people kill the bears are retaliatory actions for cattle.