Belief Quote by A. Bartlett Giamatti

Too often people view idealists as naive.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in…

— Woodrow Wilson

True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In this way,…

— Maurice Saatchi

I think that idealism is always there in America. It's a spirit that's been subverted lately, and sold down the river to the contractors,…

— Tim Matheson

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'

— Bob Woodward

Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

— Emma Goldman

Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace or creed or line of…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.

— Theodore Roosevelt

America is a country in which I see the most persistant idealism and the blandest of cynicism and the race is on between its…

— Alistair Cooke

“idealism mistakenly imputes a logic and rationality to culture”

— James Davison Hunter

For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried to establish a monopoly of idealism.

— Henry Cabot Lodge

Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them…

— Thomas Sowell