Why are quotes required around table / column names in SQL statements?

From: "Wade Burlingame" <bad(at)dog(dot)bad>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Why are quotes required around table / column names in SQL statements?
Date: 2001-04-02 08:56:16
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...and is there any way I can get rid of this requirement? I'm just getting
into PGSQL and I find the quotes very distracting.

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