Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)