Who first said 'The pen is mightier than the sword'?

Who first said 'The pen is mightier than the sword'?

Tribute cartoons to the journalists at Charlie Hebdo compare pencils with guns, writers with figh...概要を表示 Tribute cartoons to the journalists at Charlie Hebdo compare pencils with guns, writers with fighters - it's also why some demonstrators are holding pens and pencils in the air. Many of the cartoons assert that "the pen is mightier than the sword". But where does this idea originate? The English words "The pen is mightier than the sword" were first written by novelist and playwright Edward Bulwer-

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