Arabia Quote by Gerald Heaney

The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. It destroys communities and makes humanity impossible. It creates bitterness in the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“[T]he Old Testament, [...] if considered as a general rule of conduct, would lead to consequences destructive of all principles of humanity and morality.”

— David Hume

“The rules of life are not to be found in Korans, Bibles, Decalogues and Constitutions, but rather the rules of decadence and death. The…

— Ragnar Redbeard

“The thirst for vengeance did not wait for Islam to appear in the world, and the appeal to the law of an eye for…

— Tzvetan Todorov

“Generally, three approaches to the law codes of the ancient Near East are adduced. Some scholars see them as idyllic collections of judicial problems…

— Joshua A. Berman

If we live according to the law "an eye for an eye...," we will never escape from the spiral of evil.

— Pope Francis

The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.

— George Herbert

“Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful…

— Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson

The principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible and sustained by its authority.…

— Noah Webster

“We dare not invest so much in the kingdom of this world that we neglect our main task of introducing people to a different…

— Philip Yancey

Some devout Christians are among the most fervent advocates of the death penalty, contradicting Jesus Christ and justifying their belief on an erroneous interpretation…

— Jimmy Carter

We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes of Indian and Persian…

— Max Nordau