Strength of Ideas Quotes

Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.

Let us build a structure of peace in the world in which the weak are as safe as the strong — in which each respects the right of the other to live by a different system — in which those who would influence others will do so by the strength of their ideas, and not by the force of their arms. Let us accept that high responsibility not as a burden, but gladly — gladly because the chance to build such a peace is the noblest endeavor in which a nation can engage.

The curve is more powerful than the sword.

Ideas do not need weapons, to the extent that they can convince the great masses

It is my firm belief that the solution to all problems lies in dialogue. Earlier, it was believed that force indicates power. Now, power must come through the strength of ideas and the effective dialogue.

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.

An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances.

The strength of ideas rests on their relationship to reality. MacKinnon’s unrealistic fulminations against a phantom patriarchy exist in the arid arena of pure thought.

The pen is mightier than the sword.