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Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

Quote by Albert Camus about law, nature, rules, instinct

But to cut off relations with an aggressor may often invite retaliation by armed action, and this would, in its turn, make necessary some form of collective self-defence by the loyal members of the League.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about action, self-control