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William Ross Wallace
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“They say that man is mighty, He governs land and sea; He wields a mighty scepter O'er lesser powers than he; But a mighty power and stronger, Man from his throne hath hurled, For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.”
William Ross Wallace (1819–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: What rules the World? (also known by The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World) reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919).