Victor Hugo Invasion Quotations

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

There are obstinate and unknown braves who defend themselves inch by inch in the shadows against the fatal invasion of want and turpitude. There are noble and mysterious triumphs which no eye sees. No renown rewards, and no flourish of trumpets salutes. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment, and poverty and battlefields which have their heroes.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not the invasion of ideas.

A stand can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.