quote · Words worth keeping
Take away the sword; States can be saved without it.
Take away the sword; States can be saved without it.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Edward Bulwer Lytton
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- c. 1839 AD · industrial
author lifetime midpoint; not necessarily a composition date.