{"quotes":[{"text":"Culture is the study of perfection, and the constant effort to achieve it.","author":"Allen Tate","tags":["culture","idealism"],"id":21,"author_id":"Allen+Tate"},{"text":"Sometimes it's only the young ones who are crazy enough to change the world.","author":"Diana Peterfreund","tags":["idealism","revolution","youth"],"id":5577,"author_id":"Diana+Peterfreund"},{"text":"Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.","author":"Mikhail Bakunin","tags":["thought","will","idealism "],"id":8073,"author_id":"Mikhail+Bakunin"},{"text":"The author explains that some find recourse from injustice in literature and art but that these tend to deepen sensitivity to injustice rather than dull it.","author":"John Howard Griffin","tags":["education","idealism","perspective"],"id":12897,"author_id":"John+Howard+Griffin"},{"text":"In the fluid world of 1919, it was possible to dream of great change, or have nightmares about the collapse of order.","author":"Margaret MacMillan","tags":["conservatism","idealism","liberalism","perspective","revolution"],"id":15268,"author_id":"Margaret+MacMillan"},{"text":"Idealistic notions that guide a younger person frequently prove unsustainable. Concluding any stage of life demands that a person rebuilds oneself after living destroys our ideological beliefs.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["idealism","idealistic","identity","self-destruction","self-determination","self-determination","self-development","self-discovery","self-improvement","stages-in-life","stages-of-growth","stages-of-life"],"id":17708,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"The more idealism proves futile, the more I respect idealists.","author":"Marty Rubin","tags":["futility","idealism","respect"],"id":22027,"author_id":"Marty+Rubin"},{"text":"A youth is susceptible to the influence of idealist notions. As a person ages, they notice a gap between their expectations and reality and they grow more pessimistic about the world and their ability to live up to the lofty notions that inspired a younger self.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["aging","disappointment","expectations","idealism","maturation","pessimism","pessimism","self-discovery","self-doubt","youthfulness"],"id":28706,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"It's my duty as a human being to be pissed off.","author":"Eric Bogosian","tags":["anger","angst","idealism","injustice","status-quo","youth"],"id":29539,"author_id":"Eric+Bogosian"},{"text":"Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peaceYou may say that I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as one.","author":"John Lennon","tags":["aspirations","dreams","idealism","nationalism","peace","religion","song-lyrics","unity","war"],"id":31071,"author_id":"John+Lennon"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":161,"pages":17,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}