Violence (n.) is a way of acting without argument or speech, and without considering consequences. It is tied closely to strength (a property inherent in a person or object, marked by independence) but requiring implements or tools.
Violence (n.) is able to destroy power but power cannot grow out of violence. Violence does not enhance power, but diminishes it.
Violence (n.) is capable of destroying power but is incapable of creating it.
Violence (n.) is close to strength, but is a wholly destructive force (in contrast with power, which is creative).
Violence (n.) appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.
Violence (n.) is the opposite of power; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance.