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Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected spokesmen represent the Establishment, violence may be the

Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected spokesmen represent the Establishment, violence may be the only effective response.

William O. Douglas
Government, May, Violence
"Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations", ("Points of Rebellion"), pp. 88-89, 1989.

The use of violence as an instrument of persuasion is therefore inviting and seems to the discontented to be the only effective protest.

William O. Douglas
Use, Violence, Persuasion
WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS (1970). “POINTS OF REBELLION”

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