| His laws were very cruel and were based on the principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. |
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| Many of my fellow students thought that murderers should have the same done unto them as they had done to others, an eye for an eye. |
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| Jesus preached love thy neighbour and told people not to take an eye for an eye. |
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| An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is definitely not a part of true Hindu doctrine. |
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| The Babylonian Code of Hammurabi called for an eye for an eye long before the Israelite law did. |
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| The masses want an eye for an eye, the Law of Moses, implemented post-haste. |
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| Yes, I know the old Bob Dylan song, that if we take an eye for an eye we'll just end up blind. |
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| The magnificence of our legal system, your Honor, is that we do not seek an eye for an eye. |
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| Second, desperate for security, citizens have relented to relinquishing a growing share of their rights: eye for an eye seems to be the refrain. |
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| However, as Gandhi explained, the norm of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth could render most of the world blind and toothless. |
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| So, according to the justice, God had to give them clear standards in judging, saying an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. |
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| This is the reason why God had to tell them to pay back only an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. |
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| On one extreme, and perhaps out of frustration, ordinary people call for retribution-an eye for an eye, they say. |
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| The section does not require the court to embark on an eye for an eye comparison. |
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| I would simply invite you to recognise that the old revenge-based idea of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth is not any longer of this world and to support a strong Resolution on this question. |
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| We urge all those involved to take a step away from the policy of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth and towards one of cooperation, peace and mutual understanding. |
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