Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
G. D. H. Cole
Born: September 25, 1889
Died: January 14, 1959 (aged 69)
Bio: George Douglas Howard Cole was an English political theorist, economist, writer and historian. As a libertarian socialist he was a long-time member of the Fabian Society and an advocate for the co-operative movement.
Known for:
- The life of William Cobbett (1924)
- The Condition of Britain (1937)
- Europe, Russia and the Future (1941)
- The Corpse in the Constable's Garden (1930)