Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Alfred von Tirpitz
Born: March 19, 1849
Died: March 6, 1930 (aged 80)
Bio: Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz was a German Großadmiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office, the powerful administrative branch of the German Imperial Navy from 1897 until 1916.