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America is still a government of the naive, for the naive, and by the naive. he who does not know this, nor relish it, has no inkling of the nature of his country.
-Christopher Morley
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America Is Still A Government Of The

Christopher Morley
America is still a government of the naive, for the naive, and by the naive. he who does not know this, nor relish it, has no inkling of the nature of his country.
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