If actions are stronger than words, why is the pen mightier than the sword?

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If actions are stronger than words, why is the pen mightier than the sword?

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If actions are stronger than words, why is the pen mightier than the sword?brbrIt is not the pen, as the instrument through which IDEAS are written, that is mightier than the sword.....the quotpenquot is a metaphor for the power OF ideas...transferred.brbr....It is IDEAS that are mightier than the sword....because it is IDEAS which motivate those who wield swords to put them down or take them up.brbrIDEA gt ACTION gt RESULT.brbrNOTHING IS MORE POWERFUL THAN AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME !brbr....because ideas, whether transmitted by words, whether spoken or unspoken, whether written or unwritten, are the MOTIVATORS of actions.brbr....IDEAS are so powerful, in fact, that any of them can take you to an entirely new world....infinitely more effectively than the mightiest sword ever made can....brbr...as indicated in the source...brbrHope this helps....