"Too often people view idealists as naive." — Jacqueline Novogratz

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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.… — Michele Bachmann
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• 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… — Adolf Hitler
• War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and… — Chris Hedges
• Do not consider Collectivists as "sincere but deluded idealists". The proposal to enslave some men for the sake of others… — Ayn Rand
• There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy.… — Hal Borland
• The strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites. The idealists are not usually realistic, and the realists… — 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… — 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… — Jessie Daniel Ames

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