Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Charles D'Avenant

Born: 1656
Died: 1714 (aged 58)
Bio: Charles Davenant was an English mercantilist economist, politician, and pamphleteer. He was Tory member of Parliament for St Ives, and for Great Bedwyn.