The Pen is Mightier than the Sword

"True,—This! Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold The arch-enchanters wand!— itself a nothing!— But taking sorcery from the master-hand To paralyse the Cæsars—and to strike The loud earth breathless!—Take away the sword—

States can be saved without it!"

Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839 for his play "Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy"