Helen (Adams) Keller, 1880-1968
was an US blind and deaf educator
Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas.
Henry James, 1843-1916
was a British (US -born) author
His idea was simply what a man's idea always is — to put every effort off on the woman.
( “The Ambassadors”, Book Sixth, Chapter 1, 1903 )
William Hazlitt, 1778-1830
was an English essayist
A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.
( “On The Pleasure Of Hating”, ca 1826 )
Victor (Marie) Hugo, 1802-1885
was a French dramatist, novelist, and poet
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
( “The History of a Crime”, 1877 )
Don(ald Robert Perry) Marquis, 1878-1937
was an US humorist
An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
Robert (Lee) Frost, 1874-1963
was an American poet
An idea is a feat of association.