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 26, 2025
If politicians lived on praise and thanks they’d be forced into some other line of business.
May 18, 2025
00:42
The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.
December 2, 2025
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Page 120 of 122