“Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.”
-- Victor Hugo
-- Victor Hugo
Hugo made the quote in reference to the French coup d’état of 1851 that brought Napoleon III to power.
The literal French-English translation of Hugo's quote is not as sexy:
"One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.”
"One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.”
But, I kind of like the other version oft-used in history:
"Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come."
"Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come."
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