I've often felt that the right (whether they have the label of New Labour, Tory or LibDem) are the true idealists in society.
I feel they are among the last of the true idealists on the planet.
A true idealist would lobby the coalition hard for ground troops, as British Prime Minister Tony Blair has done, or would jettison the coalition and send in his own ground troops anyway.
They have the true idealist's capacity for self-deception.
He is your true idealist.
Imbued with the kind of realism found only in the true idealist, Tal is indeed a liberal in a realm of artistic endeavor where extremism often goes on a rampage.
But Maggie's convictions about issues that really matter make her a true idealist and an unusually wholesome heroine.
Popular Science magazine noted that "you'll have to be a true idealist to place an order..."
The comte de Narbonne-Lara always maintained his fidelity towards the King; a true idealist, he hoped for a Constitutional Monarchy.
For the true idealist and the real realist have at least the love of action in common.