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The point of the original quote was about people with too much control over others already. In which case, a few strokes of a pen could condemn thousands to mis
by slowmovintarget 5y ago
The point of the original quote was about people with too much control over others already. In which case, a few strokes of a pen could condemn thousands to misery or death. In that sense, there was no need to be aiming a bow at a single individual.
The original quote wasn't about speech, it was about excessive control.
- oblio 5y agoWikipedia, at least, doesn't favor your interpretation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pen_is_mightier_than_the_sword https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pen_is_mightier_than_the_s... The original quote is about persuasion being better than violence.