There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo
Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest. – Victor Hugo
Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman. – Victor Hugo
An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new ideas are shy when introduced first among our old ones. We should have patience and see whether the incoherency is likely to wear off or to wear on, in which latter case the sooner we get rid of them the better. – Samuel Butler