Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Giovanni Sartori

Born: May 13, 1924
Died: April 4, 2017 (aged 92)
Bio: Giovanni Sartori was an Italian political scientist specialized in the study of democracy and comparative politics.
Known for:
- Homo videns (1997)
- The theory of democracy revisited (1987)
- Comparative constitutional engineering (1994)
- Parties and Party Systems (1976)