Arsonist or Firefighter

I was watching the latest episode of the TV series, Quantico last night and a statement from it registered in my mind, “you can’t be the arsonist and be the firefighter at the same time”. As I heard it, it made me realize that, that’s what so many people do today, start a fire and then try to quench it like that will make everything better, try to be the hero when they are to blame in the first place.