rule of the sword
Example Sentences
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As a result, the rule of law overcame the rule of the sword.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
Instead of society itself having conquered a new point, only the State appears to have returned to its oldest form, to the simply brazen rule of the sword and the club.
From Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Marx, Karl
Jacobinism brings with it Caesarism; the rule of the tongue leads to the rule of the sword.
From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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
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
