Quote of the day
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Francis Biddle
Born: May 19, 1886
Died: October 4, 1968 (aged 82)
Bio: Francis Beverley Biddle was an American lawyer and judge who was Attorney General of the United States during World War II and who served as the primary American judge during the postwar Nuremberg trials.
Known for:
- In Brief Authority (1962)
- The world's best hope (1949)
- Mr. Justice Holmes (1942)