Revolution Quote by Anatoli Rybakov

“never ceased to amaze him how a discredited philosophy and a repressive nation still attracted idealists.”

— Nelson DeMille

“Any discussion between idealist and realist would never end.”

— Toba Beta

“We cannot embrace radical idealism,”

— Kaiten Nukariya

“[...] times of great idealism carry equal chances for great corruptibility.”

— Thomas Pynchon

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.

— Bertrand Russell

“Idealists mature badly. If they can’t outgrow their idealism, they become hypocrites or blind.”

— Brent Weeks

“Revolutions are infinite.”

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

“Idealism is the cradle for change. One cannot make something new without first envisioning the possibility.”

— Molly Collier

“So many revolutionaries are intellectuals, a class of people whose aspirations tend to run ahead of their capabilities. Just”

— William T. Vollmann

“Centuries and centuries of idealism have not failed to influence reality”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“We are all born idealists, until life fucks us all.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“But all these revolutions resulted in good to the people. Education, public spirit, enterprise, labor, all the arts of civilization, and even evangelical Christianity…

— E. E. (Ezra Eastman) Adams