Celina’s Reviews > A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939–1940 > Status Update
Like flag
Celina’s Previous Updates
Celina
is on page 43 of 192
“July 4 [1939]
To me one of the most alarming – as well as ugliest – symptoms of the moment is the growing tendency (on both sides) to deny any sincerity or good faith to their opponents. If there is a naïveté in too blind a faith in the essential decency of human nature, there is also a naïveté of a more dangerous kind in denying any idealistic motives to one’s opponents.”
— Feb 13, 2026 02:37PM
To me one of the most alarming – as well as ugliest – symptoms of the moment is the growing tendency (on both sides) to deny any sincerity or good faith to their opponents. If there is a naïveté in too blind a faith in the essential decency of human nature, there is also a naïveté of a more dangerous kind in denying any idealistic motives to one’s opponents.”
