An invasion of armies can be resisted; an invasion of ideas cannot be resisted.

On résiste à l'invasion des armées; on ne résiste pas à l'invasion des idées.

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Hugo, Victor. Histoire d'un crime [The History of a Crime]. Paris: Calmann-Levy, c. 1878, conclusion, ch. 10.

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