Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Gavrila Derzhavin
Born: July 14, 1743
Died: July 20, 1816 (aged 73)
Bio: Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin was one of the most highly esteemed Russian poets before Alexander Pushkin, as well as a statesman.