“The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.”
Marcus Garvey (1887–1940) Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur
“A family portrait not too stale to record
Of a pleasant old buffer, nephew to a lord,
Who believed that the bank was mightier than the sword,
And that an umbrella might pacify barbarians abroad:
Just like an old liberal
Between the wars.”
"Father and Son: 1939", line 1.
The Dorking Thigh, and Other Satires
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South African-British writer 1903–1973Related quotes
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Page 306
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