rule of the sword

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As a result, the rule of law overcame the rule of the sword.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Thus, you see, the Germans had overthrown the rule of law in Alsace, and in place of it had set up the rule of the sword.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Parrott, James Edward

Know thou that We have annulled the rule of the sword, as an aid to Our Cause, and substituted for it the power born of the utterance of men.

From Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh

It was based on the rule of the sword.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various

Since 1871 the object of every Prussian Government had been to reconcile the German people to the veiled rule of the sword by exhibiting results which, it was contended, could not otherwise have been secured.

From A Short History of the Great War by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)