Barricades of ideas are worth more than barricades of stones. There is no prow that can cut through a cloudbank of ideas. A powerful idea, waved before the world at the proper time, can stop a squadron of iron-clad ships, like the mystical flag of the Last judgement.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ideas are more powerful than physical force or weapons.
- In plain terms
- Ideas can stop physical force.
- What can you take from it?
- Ideas can stop physical force.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What ideas have changed the world?
Another view
Physical force often still outweighs ideas in the short term.
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