Sentence examples similar to instead of another thief from inspiring English sources

Instead of setting a thief to catch a thief (as F.D.R. famously put it in explaining why he had nominated notorious Wall Street insider Joe Kennedy as the S.E.C.'s first commissioner), Obama's put a cop on the beat.

The cop fired and hit Cholly instead of the thief.

What if, instead of thief, the informant were to be called a "whistleblower"?

In setting the hallmark of his color upon him, his individuality is in a sense submerged, and instead of a mere thief, robber, or murderer, he becomes a representative of his race, which is in turn made to suffer for his sins (Sellin, 1928, p.63).

laser beam instead of another virtual state.

4. Instead of retaliating against a thief, this Christian woman bought his groceries.

He appears as the only student in Kaoru's dojo, instead of starting as a thief from the streets in the original series.

"Waiting for another thief!

8. Praise instead of compare: "Comparison is the thief of joy," said Theodore Roosevelt.

But instead of seeking justice, Nagler wrote the thief just about the sweetest, smartest and funniest note any thief could hope to ever get.

"but u know wat i feel dnt u think dat instead of sending me msges like a thief y dnt u come up n speak 2 me openly.