Idealism Quotes
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.
Aldous HuxleyIt has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one.
Morris Raphael CohenIf you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?
James CarvilleIt is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
H. L. MenckenIt went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. We made giving exciting.
Bob GeldofThe natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.
Sargent ShriverIn brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
John B. RobinsonThe moral arc of a Washington career could be divided into four parts: idealism, pragmatism, ambition and corruption.
Michael KinsleyIdealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.
Jacques BarzunEvery form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
Carl JungPractical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare
Theodore RooseveltIdealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
David T. WolfIt is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.
Karl KrausIdealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.
John GalsworthyWords without actions are the assassins of idealism.
Herbert HooverI have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humaneness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known.
Hubert H. HumphreyLet hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back.
Don HenleyAn idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
Henry FordWhen they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
Logan Pearsall Smith
