Anarchists are opposed to violence... The main plank of anarchism
is the removal of violence from human relations. It is life based
on the freedom of the individual, without the intervention of the
police. For this reason we are enemies of capitalism, which depends
on the protection of the police to force workers to allow themsleves
to be exploited...We are therefore enemies of the State, which is
the coercive, violent organization of society.
-- Errico Malatesta Umanita Nova, August, 25, 1921