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It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.
Thomas JeffersonBuild a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.
Terry PratchettWhenever our neighbour’s house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.
Edmund Burke