#idealism

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections. ↗

— Danny Strong

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Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism. ↗

— Germaine Greer

#been #being #closer #contact #deprived

I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism. ↗

— William Hague

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My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful. ↗

— Hugh Hefner

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Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness. ↗

— Sidney Hook

#does #dogmatism #foolishness #idealism #ignorance

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#assassins #idealism #without #words

I have seen in the Halls of Congress more idealism, more humanness, more compassion, more profiles of courage than in any other institution that I have ever known. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

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Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#gentlemen #idealism #noble #over #political

The idealist hopes. The romantic sees doom. The postmodernist sees doom and hopes. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #idealism #funny