In this paper I will be attempting to discuss the statement that "Politics ends where violence begins." In order to do this I will define the key concepts of this statement, namely those of violence and politics. I will then go on to examine what each of these two concepts entail and then I will attempt to bring the concepts together in a discussion of the above statement. In attempting to do this I will look at the work of Arendt as well as Weber, Heywood, Mills and various political dictionaries in order to be able to obtain a better grasp on the subject at hand.

In order to understand the statement under discussion, there must first be a definition of the two main terms with which we are dealing, namely those of politics and violence. Politics is defined by Weber as such, ""Politics" for us means striving...