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
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
The thin screen which the continuance of a little knot of representatives had thrown over the rule of the sword was at last torn away.
From History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 by Green, John Richard
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.
He abrogated the rule of the sword and annulled the ordinance of “Holy War.”
From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)
