Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm an idealist.
An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
I'm an idealist without illusions.
True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In this way, the U.S. can provide and express ideals that strike a chord in humans everywhere - a declaration of independence on behalf of all the peoples of the world.
If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.
Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed as naive.
I am a mixture of idealist and realist.
An idealist is ahead of his time only in the sense that he is articulate. The same is true of a nation. For even primitive people, even effete races have a message for those above or below them. The heritage of the Ideal, however small can not be exhausted.
Too often people view idealists as naive.
We are all idealists in that we are ever discontented with the present state of the Ego and the World.