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"Truly innocent people are inclined to think the best of others." Live on a reservation or in a banana republic for a while and you'll disabused of this notion

• derefr 10y ago
  The "innocence" in this phrase refers just as much to having never been on the receiving end of an injustice, as having never perpetrated one. Think "innocent to the ways of the world."
  • protomyth 10y ago
    That definition doesn't jive with the sentence before "Likewise, you should beware of politicians who rail against rampant corruption; they doth protest too much."