eye for an eye
Example Sentences
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“We don’t believe in an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, because that always leads to a bad situation,” Sheinbaum told journalists at her daily news conference.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025
An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, as Mahatma Gandhi allegedly said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024
You don't believe in the eye for an eye?
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2019
“Once we start down this path, it will be very difficult to reverse direction. An eye for an eye will leave us all blind and the world in deep recession.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2018
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, Herr Zeiger," says Benno.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
