Famous quotes containing the words crossed and/or swords:
“What I have crossed out I didn’t like. What I haven’t crossed out I’m dissatisfied with.”
—Cecil B. De Mille (1881–1959)
“They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 2:4.
The words reappear in Micah 4:3, and the reverse injunction is made in Joel 3:10 (”Beat your plowshares into swords ...”)