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.
Halford Mackinder
Born: February 15, 1861
Died: March 6, 1947 (aged 86)
Bio: Sir Halford John Mackinder was an English geographer, academic, politician, the first Principal of University Extension College, Reading and Director of the London School of Economics, who is regarded as one of the founding fathers of both geopolitics and geostrategy.
Known for:
- Britain and the British seas (1902)