"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." -- French novelist, poet and artist Victor Hugo, in 'Histoire d'un crime,' 1852. Author of "Les Miserables," and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" among other works. Born 221 years ago today, Hugo's themes revolved around social justice and the human condition.
In a current context, an invading army has been resisted by the heroic Ukrainian people, whose idea is a free country, aligned with the European community, within secure borders. Their time for that idea has come.
(image: Poet Victor Hugo in 1879, Canvas. Musee National du Chateau, Versailles, France [Imagno / Getty Images])
