Idealism Quotes

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.

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

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.

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

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried to establish a monopoly of idealism.

The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.