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The State practices "violence," the individual must not do so. The state's behavior is violence, and it calls its violence "law"; that of the individual, "crime".

Max Stirner
War, Law, Practice
Max Stirner (1982). “The Ego and Its Own”, p.197, Rebel Press
The State practices violence, the individual must not do so. The state's behavior is violence, and it calls its violence law; that of the individual, crime.