Idealists Quotes

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I would agree that President Carter didn't live up to the expectation we all had when he came in 1976. My husband and I were… — Michele Bachmann
Men can absent themselves from real life for their art more easily. Women are anchored into the quotidian business of getting food on the table,… — Geraldine Brooks
I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists. — Hillary Clinton
The universalists, the idealists, the Utopians all aim too high. They give promises of an unattainable paradise, and by doing so they deceive mankind. Whatever… — Adolf Hitler
War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics. — Chris Hedges
Do not consider Collectivists as "sincere but deluded idealists". The proposal to enslave some men for the sake of others is not an ideal; brutality… — Ayn Rand
There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the morning glory, will… — Hal Borland
The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists are not usually idealistic. The… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Among idealists and visionaries, there is no shortage of good intent, but there's often a shortage of discipline. — Scott Belsky
What's the truth? The truth is what people WANT. Liars are basically idealists, liars are saints and prophets. Jesus was a liar. — Jane Rogers
The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive — John Zorn
We were idealists. We thought that when we got the vote the whole pattern of politics would be greatly improved and would be dominated by… — Jessie Daniel Ames
Idealists are people who believe in the potential of human nature for transformation. . . . The most essential attribute of human nature is its… — M. Scott Peck
The idealists dream and the dream is told, and the practical men listen and ponder and bring back the truth and apply it to human… — Anna Howard Shaw
Talk of world peace is heard today only among the white peoples, and not among the much more numerous coloured races. This is a perilous… — Oswald Spengler
The reason why we believe that change is possible is not because we are idealists but because we believe we have made it, so other… — RomÃ©o Dallaire
Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions. — A J P Taylor
The Venus Project is neither Utopian nor Orwellian, nor does it reflect the dreams of impractical idealists. Instead, it presents attainable goals requiring only the… — Jacque Fresco
I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter… — Moses Mendelssohn
Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...' — Bob Woodward

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