Idealism Quote by Ralph Peters Download Open image “Idealism has devolved into madness.” — Ralph Peters ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Idealism Madness
It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Idealism is frequently another word for self-righteousness, a disease that can only be corrected by a profound understanding power in its complete sense. — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Idealism is the death of the body and the imagination. All but freedom, utter freedom, is death — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
In an age of madness, to expect to be untouched by madness is a form of madness. But the pursuit of sanity can be… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
The passion to interpret as madness that with which we disagree seems to have infected the best of contemporary minds. — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've served in the military. — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory. — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
Our president seems determined to do anything he can with the Russians and the Russians hate - but a report and hates us. He… — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as… — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
The extremes to which Western elites will go to avoid blaming radical Islam for terrorism cripples our efforts to protect innocent Muslims. Terrified of… — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
If there is a single power the West underestimates, it is the power of collective hatred. — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
“A soldier’s duty…” Taylor intoned the last word in a voice of granite, “is to do an honest day’s work in dishonest times… and… — Ralph peters Copy Share Image
“Our history deserves honesty and our citizens need it. Without understanding who we really were, we’ll never quite grasp who we have become, leaving… — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
A soldier's longing to talk about his experiences of battle is a wound that never heals. — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
The message of Vietnam is not that Americans will not take casualties; it is that the American people do not want the lives of… — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
“the Confederacy had been poisoned by more jealousies than a hundred high-bred gals could muster in competition for a single male.” — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
“I'm an idealist who has outgrown my idealism I have nothing to do the rest of my life but do it and the rest… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
What the nostalgic past and the imaginary future seem to share in common is a form of idealism, perhaps a dream of wholeness. Our… — Charles D'Ambrosio Copy Share Image
In a democracy, the one thing that cannot be done is to destroy its trust, its hope, its idealism. — Teresa Heinz Copy Share Image
Love your country, not for her power or wealth, but for her selflessness and her idealism. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“David Hume, in a moment of acute skepticism, felt panicky in the solitude of his study and had to go out and join his… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms. — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I unconsciously decided that, even if it wasn't an ideal world, it should be. So I painted only the ideal aspects of it -… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Women have been charged with deviousness and duplicity since the dawn of civilization so they have never been able to pretend that their masks… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails." — Yuri Orlov Copy Share Image
