the pen is mightier than the sword

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,metonymic)Moreinfluenceandpowercan beusurpedbywritingthan byfighting.1982, Michael Schudson,The Power of News‎[3], Harvard University Press,→ISBN, page142:Ifthe pen is mightier than the swordin American history, it is more likely the pen of a novelist than the typewriter of a reporter — Harriet Beecher Stowe stimulating antislavery sentiment or Upton Sinclair enlisting citizens in outrage against the food-processing industry.2011, Qazi Nasir Uddin, Ph.D.,The Other Side, Author House (→ISBN), page108:If my teachers had not told me thatthe pen is mightier than the sword, if my parents had not told me that I have to respect books, I would not have developed that respect for knowledge.

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