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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (top)
There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong.
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Though I believe in liberalism, I find it difficult to believe in liberals.
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton


Norman Douglas (top)
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
- Norman Douglas


Edgar Watson Howe (top)
Some people never have anything except ideals.
- Edgar Watson Howe


Carl Schurz (top)
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.
- Carl Schurz


George Bernard Shaw (top)
Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.
- George Bernard Shaw


Israel Zangwill (top)
Every dogma has its day, but ideals are eternal.
- Israel Zangwill