Quote by Stanley Baldwin
The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion

The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion. – Stanley Baldwin

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You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain. – Stanley Baldwin

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Power without responsibility — the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. – Stanley Baldwin

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A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision but believe me, after six months experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time – patience. – Stanley Baldwin

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Dont use that foreign word ideals. We have that excellent native word lies. – Henrik Ibsen

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Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive. – William F. Buckley

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The idealist walks on tiptoe, the materialist on his heels. – Malcolm De Chazal

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What we need most, is not so much to realize the ideal as to idealize the real. – Francis Herbert Hedge

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