#ideal

Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#america #central #congress #declaration #express

One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them. ↗

— Susan Neiman

#beauty #idealism #philosophy #art

If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians. ↗

— H. P. Lovecraft

#could #create #england #fire #georgians

Ours is a circle of friendships united by ideals. ↗

— Juliette Gordon Low

#friendships #ideals #ours #united

I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that's not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#because #children #fell #got #had

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism. ↗

— Claude McKay

#based #castle #foundation #idealism #like

It 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. Mencken

#curse #get #idealism #into #materialism

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals. ↗

— Golda Meir

#ideals #most #realistic #regime #soviet

Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic whole; and each of its ideas and ideals wins also its place and power. ↗

— Patrick Geddes

#also #civic #each #exerts #formation

Any idealism is a proper subject for art. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#art #idealism #proper #proper subject #subject