“Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.”
“The 'smoke-filled room' as political reality is now as dead as Prohibition.”
“No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.”
“The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.”
“Science asymptotically approaches reality.”
“Combine truth and invention for the sake of a closer approach to reality”