The enemy of idealism is zealotry.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Idealism is no good. Any concrete dedication to an abstract condition results in unpleasant things like wars.
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.
Too often people view idealists as naive.
Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.
Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.
It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.
I'm an idealist.
Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.
We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.