The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword

‘The pen is mightier than the sword’ ‘The pen is mightier than the sword’ is a metonymic phrase meaning communication, thoughts and writing have more influence on people or events than violence, warfare and destruction does, the pen being communication, thoughts and writing and the sword being warfare, violence and destruction. Many people would say this is true and the pen is mightier than the sword Think of the power of the media. How "gossip," and lies, or indeed the truth can destroy a person's reputation. The Pen is everything but pathetic. Without the pen society would be nothing that it is today. The Laws and theories of scientists such as Newton and Darwin would not exist. Our outlook and knowledge on life, would be entirely different and the work of other scientists, could not have evolved or advanced in the way it has, if it all, without the influence of its predecessors and the pen. In a warfare kind of context ‘the pen’ still has legs to stand on in the form of Gandhi, and how he liberated India with his wise words and knowledge. Also ‘the pen’ is linked with the bad side of having power and a prime example of this is Hitler, who hypnotized an entire nation with his words. The pen also has two sides, it can destroy a person’s life or enlighten it but a sword can only end lives. As Martin Luther King said “Nonviolence is a sword that heals.” Finally, words are the most powerful thing someone can possess naturally. Words are used to persuade and change through a just and peaceful manner, as compared to immediate action through physical means (the sword). Social commentator Stanley Kurtz argued that: 'Words are the passage of mind. Killing is the will to take. It is not who can do more or less, but who can make it the best. Keep that in mind with words, and you will succeed undoubtedly. Not to mention, real quickly, words are always the resolution of a conflict, physically or mentally. For example, when a war ends, a treaty is signed, and that treaty