Nichts ist mächtiger als eine Idee, deren Zeit gekommen ist

English translation: Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.

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German term or phrase:	Nichts ist mächtiger als eine Idee, deren Zeit gekommen ist
English translation:	Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.
Entered by:	Jonathan MacKerron

11:04 Apr 7, 2007

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German term or phrase: Nichts ist mächtiger als eine Idee, deren Zeit gekommen ist

Saying attributed to Victor Hugo.

Jonathan MacKerron

Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.

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Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.

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Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.

Explanation:
That seems the most straightforward and correct translation and correlates with what I googled

Reference: http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/21366.html
Reference: http://findquotations.com/quote/by/Victor_Hugo

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Asker: With a little googling I found the same thing, thanks to you all!

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