A Quote by Victor Hugo

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

Victor Hugo

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Victor Hugo
French - Novelist
February 26, 1802 - May 22, 1885

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.

Victor Hugo

If there's nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come, there is nothing more ubiquitously pervasive than an idea whose time won't go.

Elizabeth Janeway

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

Victor Hugo

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

Victor Hugo

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo said you can stop an invasion of armies, but you can never stop an invasion of ideas. There's nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. It wasn't until 1920, four years after my mother was born - and she's still alive and healthy - that women were given the right to vote. Now it's hard even to imagine that for the greater part of the history of our country fifty percent of the population was not allowed to vote.

Wayne Dyer

Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come - even if it came in a - living room - or to someone - with a humble living.

Stefan Hell

There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

Everett Dirksen

Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come. ... The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in government, in education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here!

Everett Dirksen

We are the only industrialized nation in the world that does not have a Medicare for All type of program, and that's an idea whose time has come. It is the morally right thing to do.

Nina Turner

The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.

Tom Peters

Once you accept an idea, it's an idea whose time has come.

William James

The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come. This is a legitimate ambition for China. This is a legitimate ambition for India. And the challenge for the humanity is to evolve a world system in which the legitimate ambitions of both our countries can find constructive expression without threatening anybody else.