Quotes Library

November 24, 2025

America is still a government of the naïve, by the naïve, and for the naïve. He who does not know this, nor relish it, has no inkling of the nature of this country.

Christopher Morley (1890–1957), American journalist, novelist, poet and essayist, The Portable Curmudgeon, Jon Winokur, ed. (New York: 1987), p.16

Considering your life to date, what is the most memorable example of your own naïveté? About what are Americans naïve? Or Canadians? Or Brits?

What’s there to relish!


More Quotes

July 23, 2025
00:44
Whatever happens, never forget that people would rather be led to perdition by a man, than to victory by a woman.
June 22, 2025
A young man who isn’t a Socialist hasn’t got a heart; an old man who is a Socialist hasn’t got a head.
May 25, 2025
When I was a boy I was told that anyone could become President.
Page 100 of 122