As an idealistic youth, I once thought there were limits to human shallowness.

As an idealistic youth, Cruz supported the Sandinistas, only to become disillusioned after they took power.

Like those old Bolsheviks, he and millions of students threw themselves into what they thought was a just cause in their idealistic youth.

Wellman was said to have been an, "infinitely inspiring model to many idealistic youths."

Sometimes he still did, mainly in homage to his idealistic youth.

You should have seen me in my idealistic youth.

And yet I would do anything to help this man become president, which is personally sad as it symbolizes the end of my idealistic youth.

I have not been that naive, idealistic youth in a long while.

Since Aristotle's time, the message reads, idealistic youth have been responsible for much of the violence, misery and instability of human history.

There was some of that in a country with no major soccer league sending out idealistic youths against seasoned tough guys from Europe.