The discussion is misframed. Violence can be righteous as well as unrighteous, just as well as unjust. It is not violence, but unjust violence that is properly opposed. By focusing on violence instead of on justice, the discussion is diverted from its proper course. The two guiding stars are liberty and justice, each of which is necessary to the other. There is no liberty without justice, and no justice without liberty. The problem then shifts to the decision on when violence is just. Who decides, and how? That decision is too important to be left to anything but a process of law that is above the common fray. It can't be left to individuals, each acting entirely on his own judgment. That is what constitutions are for.
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