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So revenge is arguably the most basic form of retributive justice. The philosopher Francis Bacon defined revenge as a "wild justice," "Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out" - Francis Bacon, On Revenge
— Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)