Re:Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe Unconscious After Shooting; Ma...
by cowtools on Friday July 08, 2022 @01:22AM
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"The pen is mightier than the sword" is a stupid idea. The pen has no power on its own. A regime will throw out your ballots.
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Re:Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe Unconscious After Shooting; Ma...
by dredmorbius on Friday July 08, 2022 @01:52AM
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The full context of the line is:
Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword.
That is, the power of the pen is premised on power in arms being equal.
The line comes from Edward Bulwer-Lytton, of "It was a dark and stormy night" fame. It appears in the play Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy, about Cardinal Richelieu a/k/a a/k/a Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac, who may have a line or two on the power of words to his fame (or at least ascribed) as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pen_is_mightier_than_the_s...