Idealism

Altruism, visionary and utopian ideas

QUOTES

It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everyone.
Publius
-50

Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Bible
-300

You never reach the promised land. You can march toward it.
James Callaghan
1978

When they come downstairs from their ivory towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
Logan Pearsall Smith
Afterthoughts, 1931

See Also Practicality

References

History

Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points, 1917

The Declaration of Independence

League of Nations, United Nations

Peace Corps, 1961

Shakers and other communal living groups

Pacifism

Arts & Science

Movies: Schindler's List, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, To Kill a Mockingbird

Grandma Moses and other primitive painters

Literature

Thomas Paine: Common Sense

Thomas More: Utopia

Thomas Paine: Common Sense

James Hilton: Lost Horizon

Sinclair Lewis: Main Street

George Eliot: Middlemarch

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