It's a revolutionary situation. This the first time that the Muslim Brotherhood or any Islamic group has been elected to run an Arab polity, and there are no real precedents. Are we looking at a hardcore movement that may make some tactical gestures but remains totally committed to destroying Israel and transforming Palestinian society, or are they pragmatists and will change these beliefs.
Quotes about pragmatists (13 Quotes)
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles.
Samuel Sewall is America's counterpart to his slightly older contemporary, Samuel Pepys. Both men were essentially humane and humorous pragmatists, honest about themselves and endlessly inquisitive about what makes other people tick. Both started keeping diaries in the 1660s. Sewall, unlike Pepys, kept his up for more than 50 years, filling it with frank, earthy, often touching detail We can actually feel life's slither as it slides through our fingers, and his, ... Sewall was inventing what it is to be a private citizen.
I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists.
We should fight terror, by all means, but not at the cost of cutting off any chance of talks with the pragmatists.
The nation's governors demonstrated today they are pragmatists and can put partisan politics aside to put forth a united front on key issues such as Medicaid reform, prescription drugs..., and affirmation that education is a priority,
Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.
Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes.
The Rehnquist revolution has reached a certain equilibrium. They don't seem to be going in any radical directions. Even among the two liberal justices, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, they are cautious pragmatists.
This is a classic confrontation between purists and pragmatists. It has been going on in both parties since the 1960s. This example is especially stark because DeWine and his critics are both conservative and committed to the same basic values.
Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
The convention is in the wild-eyed grip of pragmatists. The conservatives who claimed to be speaking for a large number of party members couldn't back that up.
There was a very good personal chemistry, ... Both men are pragmatists, focused on results.