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All each ism does, in its revolt against the inadequacy of the previous one, is to thoroughly upset the order of terms of this ideal… — Jean Helion
My idealism is clearly one reason I'm an artist. I see art as one of mankind's more sublime acts, as a vital counterbalance to our… — Richard Schmid
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Bush is almost always clear when he's speaking cruelly. For example, when the subject is the punitive infliction of great pain, there is no problem… — Mark Crispin Miller
An age deficient in idealism has ever been one of immorality and superficial attainment, since without the sense of ideas, nobility of character becomes of… — Amos Bronson Alcott
America stands unique in the world: the only country not founded on race but on a way, an ideal. Not in spite of but because… — Ronald Reagan
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. — John Galsworthy
Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. — Emma Goldman
Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism. — Germaine Greer
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal. — Calvin Coolidge
In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me. — Billy Corgan
The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism… — John Foster Dulles
I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism. — William Hague
The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be… — Victor Davis Hanson
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left… — Sydney J. Harris
My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful. — Hugh Hefner
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. — Herbert Hoover
I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. — Aldous Huxley
The highest ideals are human intelligence, creativity and love. Respect these above all. — Penn Jillette
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. — Carl Jung
It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new. — Karl Kraus
Only through the conscious action of the working masses in city and country can it be brought to life, only through the people's highest intellectual… — Rosa Luxemburg
An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. — H. L. Mencken
It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions… — H. L. Mencken

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