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 James Edward Parrott
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 A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
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 William Archer
It was based on the rule of the sword.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
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