Utopias Quotes

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Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the… — George Orwell
All the Utopias will come to pass only when we grow wings and all people are converted into angels. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I do not choose to be a common manâ€¦it is my right to be uncommonâ€”if I canâ€¦I seek opportunityâ€”not securityâ€¦I want to take the calculated… — Peter O'Toole
All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in. — Toni Morrison
The mission of the law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even though the law may be acting in a… — Frederic Bastiat
Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails… — Will Durant
We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant. — Julius Nyerere
In the next few years the struggle will not be between utopia and reality, but between different utopias, each trying to impose itself on reality… — Albert Camus
Utopias are presented for our inspection as a critique of the human state. If they are to be treated as anything but trivial exercises of… — William Golding
The glory of the world is transitory, and we should not measure our lives by it, but by the choice we make to follow our… — Paulo Coelho
Utopias have their value -- nothing so wonderfully expands the imaginative horizons of human potentialities -- but as guides to conduct they can prove literally… — Isaiah Berlin
Utopias now appear much more realizable than one used to think. We are now faced with a different new worry: How to prevent their realization. — Nikolai Berdyaev
....This world needs Utopias as it needs fairy stories. It does not matter so much where we are going, as long as we are making… — Hendrik Willem van Loon
I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for… — Marguerite Young
If you ask me what I believe in today, I believe in feminism. I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no… — Marilyn French
Utopias rest on the fallacy that perfection is a legitimate goal of human existence. — Lewis Mumford
Utopias are often just premature truths. — Alphonse de Lamartine
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an… — William Ralph Inge
Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose a future for… — Julio Cortazar
Anyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to idealize a world which ought… — David James Duncan

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