“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” - Abraham Lincoln

I’m laughing at reading everybody’s responses and okay I get the irony. But I still think he would’ve said it because the larger point remains. Transformations created at the ballot box are more profound for a society in the long run than is the assassination of any one person.

You seem to be assuming we have a functioning democracy, which would be required for meaningful change via the ballot box. We don't have a functioning democracy.