An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

Henry Ford
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I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

Carl Sandburg
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It went beyond idealism and that ridiculous term activism, which basically means talking about something but doing nothing. We made giving exciting. -Bob Geldof
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Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

William F. Buckley, Jr.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

H. L. Mencken
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When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter. -Logan Pearsall Smith
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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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Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

Carl Jung
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Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. -Bertrand Russell
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The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never.

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

Sidney Hook
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Let hope inspire you, but let not idealism blind you. Proverb Don't look back, you can never look back. -Don Henley
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Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.

David T. Wolf
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Let there be a fresh breeze of new honesty, new idealism, new integrity. You have typewriters, presses and a huge audience. How about raising hell?

Lloyd Jones
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In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me. -Billy Corgan
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Hospitals are corrupt. Judges are corrupt. Everybody in the world is corrupt. But our newspapers are essentially a monument to idealism.

Christian Williams
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Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Herbert Hoover
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