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

February 2, 2025
00:38
Better is the enemy of good.
March 20, 2025
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
November 18, 2025
Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first call promising.
Page 72 of 122