Violence is the law of nature, war the natural state of evolving man. [1] Society secures freedom from violence through police regulation. [2]
Violence has been outlawed as a procedure in adjusting personal or industrial differences, with new techniques developed for the correction of economic abuses. [3]
True religion opposes violence as a technique of social evolution, promoting nonviolence and peaceful evolution instead of violent revolution or supporting established political and economic orders. [4] Unregulated competition breeds violence and determines individual's place in industry. [5]