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beat one's swords into ploughshares

To refrain from doing aggressive activities and to do peaceful ones.

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  • From Isaiah 2:4 of the Bible
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Since 1987, Mugabe has been the President of the country. Here is a man, who, at independence, made us believe that we had beaten our swords into ploughshares and our spears into pruning hooks only to torment Joshua Nkomo and his Zapu, as well as innocent civilians.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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beat one's swords into ploughsharesTo create a peaceful civilian instrument from military technologies.
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