Quote of the day
It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
Edward C. Banfield

Born: November 19, 1916
Died: September 30, 1999 (aged 82)
Bio: Edward Christie Banfield was an American political scientist, best known as the author of The Moral Basis of a Backward Society, and The Unheavenly City.
Known for:
- The Moral Basis of a Backward Society (1958)
- The unheavenly city revisited (1974)
- Political Influence (1961)
- Here the People Rule: Selected Essays (1985)






