#idealism

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

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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Only through the conscious action of the working masses in city and country can it be brought to life, only through the people's highest intellectual maturity and inexhaustible idealism can it be brought safely through all storms and find its way to port. ↗

— Rosa Luxemburg

#brought #city #conscious #country #find

By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#asking #concentrating #disadvantage #faith #future

Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,' I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda. ↗

— Anita Roddick

#back #been #business #businesses #call

It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and more important and prosperous. ↗

— Robert Shea

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If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

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