Sentence examples for idealism when from inspiring English sources

Finally, that idealism – when combined with action – is not necessarily an exercise in futility.

In his telling, you lose your youthful idealism when you worry too much about fitting into the establishment.

Can it even be idealism when there are social democratic models working internationally that reduce this inequality?

Like most young artists, I was full of pompous idealism when I moved to New York City, in the summer of 1995.

First, a bribery scandal tainted Olympic idealism when Salt Lake City boosters were found to have plied International Olympic Committee members with lavish gifts to ensure the votes to be host to the Games.

But what Mr. Sanders and Mr. Kupferberg shared then and now was an insistence on American freedom and all its possibilities, and there was still some palpable 1960's idealism when Mr. Sanders led the crowd in his rewrite of "America the Beautiful".

Germans like his idealism, even when they question his ideals.

We are repeatedly asked to admire his unique blend of idealism (even when it leads him to make reckless political judgments) and ruthlessness (even when it leads him to use the F.B.I. to intimidate reporters).

The gorgeous music and clever lyrics plug into the democratic idealism which, when dug out, can still empower American culture.

But the play more often strikes postures that feel antiquated even in their idealism, as when Russell responds to a question about the importance of polling with a tidy little lecture about the role of government in a properly functioning democracy.

I can think of two characters in the show who went into politics for what most would consider the right reasons, who are mostly sympathetic, and who manage to hold on to their principles and idealism, even when it hurts them professionally.