There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
- Everett McKinley Dirksen
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I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
- Everett McKinley Dirksen
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
- Victor Hugo
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Sorry, my money's on the immovable object that is the committee.
And there is no force as impotent as an idea whose time has not yet come.
PS Dirksen was quoting Victor Hugo, I think.