"A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in the raw; he is generally a proclaimed cynic and pessimist who makes it his business to look behind words and fine speeches for the motive. This motive is always low."
Source : Daniel De Leon (2008). “Writings of Daniel DeLeon: A Collection of Essays by One of the Founders of American Revolutionary Socialism”, Red & Black Pub