Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
E. P. Thompson

Born: February 3, 1924
Died: August 28, 1993 (aged 69)
Bio: Edward Palmer Thompson, usually cited as E. P. Thompson, was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner.
Known for:
- The Making of the English Working Class (1963)
- Poverty of theory, or An orrery of errors
- Whigs and hunters
- Customs in common
- Witness Against the Beast (1993)