The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence. (Kenneth Kaunda)

The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence.

Kenneth Kaunda

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