Answers Quote by Michael Savage

Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.

— Eric Hoffer

Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

— Emma Goldman

“Because there is no such thing as people who just believe in ideas. Once people get ideas, they want to act on them. They…

— Anonymous

Some people just think utopians are idiots who are imagining rivers of candy and not really engaging with the world's ills, and sometimes that's…

— Christine Jennings

Children are great idealists, until the stupidity of their elders puts out the fires of the aspirations.

— Nellie L. McClung

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'

— Bob Woodward

Anti-utopianism continues to suffuse our culture...Today few imagine that society can be fundamentally improved, and those who do are seen as at best deluded,…

— Lewis H. Lapham

There aren't many idealists in politics.

— Evelyn Anthony

I think that idealism is always there in America. It's a spirit that's been subverted lately, and sold down the river to the contractors,…

— Tim Matheson

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.

— Mikhail Bakunin

Idealism is a fuel for living, and there is an absolute efficiency about how it motivates and propels us.

— Rick Alverson

I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who is deluded enough to be called a utopian.

— Keith Henson