Sword and shield can refer to:
- Fencing with sword and shield
- Viking Age arms and armour
- Royal Armouries Ms. I.33
- Society for Creative Anachronism
- The Shield and the Sword, a song by British singer-songwriter Clare Maguire
- The emblem of the KGB (Soviet intelligence agency), and also its successor, Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
Famous quotes containing the words sword and/or shield:
“When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.”
—quoted in letter, Aug. 6, 1775, by painter John Singleton Copley on the subject of the American Revolution. British proverb.
“Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)