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.
George McWhirter
Born: September 26, 1939 (age 85)
Bio: George McWhirter is a Northern Irish-Canadian writer, translator, editor, teacher and Vancouver’s first Poet Laureate.
Known for:
- The anachronicles (2008)
- The book of contradictions (2002)
- The Gift of Women (2014)
- The Incorrection: Poems (2007)