ahimsa paramo dharma ?

We often hear slogans of "ahimsa paramo dharma" but rarely anyone teaches the statement next to it "dharma himsa tathiav cha" and when you join both it becomes

"ahimsa paramo dharma, dharma himsa tathiav cha"
(Non-violence is param-dharma, so is righteous violence)

This is the complete truth.

Here is what Swami Chinmayananda ji says ... (excerpts from article)

"Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah" -- "Non - Violence is the greatest Dharma." This line in its over - emphasis, has sapped both initiative and energy in our millions, and, instead of making us all irresistible moral giants, we have been reduced to poltroons and cowards. And banking on this cowardly resignation of the majority, a handful of fanatics have been perpetrating crimes which even the most barbarous cave dwellers would have avenged. To clothe our weaknesses, we attribute to them glorious names and purposefully persuade ourselves to believe that they are brilliant ideologists !