The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.
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The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.

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