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.
Carl Kaysen

Born: March 5, 1920
Died: February 8, 2010 (aged 89)
Bio: Carl Kaysen was an American academic, policy advisor and international security specialist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-chair of the Committee on International Security Studies at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.