William Ross Wallace

William Ross Wallace (1819 – May 5, 1881) was an American poet most famous for writing "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World".

• 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.
  • 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).