Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
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It is certainly not lions and wolves that we eat out of self-defense; on the contrary, we ignore these and slaughter harmless, tame creatures without stings or teeth to harm us, creatures that, I swear, Nature appears to have produced for the sake of their beauty and grace. But nothing abashed us, not the flower-like tinting of the flesh, not the persuasiveness of the harmonious voice, not the cleanliness of their habits or the unusual intelligence that may be found in the poor wretches. No, for the sake of a little flesh we deprive them of sun, of light, of the duration of life to which they are entitled by birth and being.
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Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense.
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self-defense.
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My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
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