Better than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. Author: Victor Hugo Copy Quote More from Victor Hugo “He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.” “Progress is the goal, the ideal is the type. What is this ideal? It is God. Ide…” “All this ferment was public, we might almost say tranquil.The imminent insurrec…” “You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed o…”