An invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ideas cannot be resisted. — Victor Hugo
An invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ideas cannot be resisted.
In the original French
On résiste à l'invasion des armées; on ne résiste pas à l'invasion des idées.
1878
★ 8.4Provenance
Citation
Hugo, Victor. Histoire d'un crime [The History of a Crime]. Paris: Calmann-Levy, c. 1878, conclusion, ch. 10.