Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation. One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman. Nonviolent action without the cooperation of the heart and the head cannot produce the intended result. The very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation.
Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.
Democracy is an impossible thing until the power is shared by all, but let not democracy degenerate into mobocracy. Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep. Democracy and violence can ill go together. Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side. Democracy, disciplined and enlightened, is the finest thing in the world.