EdwardBulwer-Lytton.

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 mater-hand to paralyse the Caesars, and to strike the loud earth breathless! -

Take away the sword - States can be saved without it!