Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1371 |
| AUTHOR: | Albert Sorel (1842–1906) |
| QUOTATION: | There is an eternal dispute between those who imagine the world to suit their policy, and those who correct their policy to suit the realities of the world. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to |
| SUBJECTS: | Policy |