1. Power of a Purpose
... political figure of the nineteenth century, Edward George Earle Lytton, first Baron Lytton, son of General Bulwer. The quote comes from a blank verse drama entitled Richelieu, or the Conspiracy, about a French statesman by that name. In Bulwer-Lytton's drama, the character is an anti-hero. The full quotation reads: "Beneath the rule of men entirely great/ The pen is mightier than ... have power in them; and those who have words to use ultimately overcome those who wield weapons. I think of those documents that have survived wars--the Bible, the Koran, the sayings of the Buddha and Confu...
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