Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
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)