<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The pen is mightier than the sword when language... > The pen is mightier than the sword when language changes the institutions, loyalties, and decisions through which force is organized. Words matter because people place them inside law, education, command, memory, and collective action. **Source:** [[livestreams/Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence - Workbook|Open-Source Thought Leadership and the Power of a Sentence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The pen is mightier than the sword when language changes the institutions, loyalties, and decisions through which force is organized. Words matter because people place them inside law, education, command, memory, and collective action.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-pen-mightier-sword-memory-collective-action ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->