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On résiste ? l'invasion des armées; on ne résiste pas ? l'invasion des idées.
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One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas.
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One withstands the invasion of armies; one does not withstand the invasion of ideas.
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Histoire d'un Crime (The History of a Crime) [written 1852, published 1877], Conclusion, ch. X. Trans. T.H. Joyce and Arthur Locker
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One cannot resist an idea whose time has come.
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No one can resist an idea whose time has come.
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Nothing is stronger than an idea whose time has come.
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Armies cannot stop an idea whose time has come.
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No army can stop an idea whose time has come.
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Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.

 

Victor Hugo

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