Coercion Quote by JSB Morse

“idealism misconstrues agency, implying the capacity to bring about influence where that capacity may not exist or where it may only be weak.”

— James Davison Hunter

“What you don't know don't hurt you, for it ain't real. They called that Idealism in my book I had when I was in…

— Robert Penn Warren

“But the ideal is terribly difficult to grasp or to hold.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

“Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through the force of arms”

— Ron Paul

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

— Brent Weeks

“What was the good at having an ideal if everyone is trying to beat everyone else at admitting how impossible it is to achieve…

— Valerie Martin

“[...] follow freely the ideal you've set for yourself and which you must feel within you; be bold and confident in your own powers…

— Jean Jacques Eigeldinger

“For this - the ideal, as it is set - should be not as to what others should do to make the ideal situation…

— Edgar Cayce

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

— Molly Collier

“A so-called ideal scheme which does not grow out of reality is definitely and finally not ideal at all.”

— Michael Oakeshott

“Idealism, however impractical, gives a meaning to our existence.”

— Anirban Bose

“Earlier I had thought a lot about why it was so extremely unusual for a person to be able to live for an ideal.…

— Hermann Hesse