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

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.

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)

Since the Cromwellian rule of the sword, the army is so hated in England that an officer, going on duty from his home to the barracks, has to drive in a closed carriage.—O.A.H.

From Gems (?) of German Thought by Archer, William