Quote of the day
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentleman and is nothing else.
Isaac Butt
Born: September 6, 1813
Died: May 5, 1879 (aged 65)
Bio: Isaac Butt QC MP was an Irish barrister, editor, politician, Member of Parliament (M.P.) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, economist and the founder and first leader of a number of Irish nationalist parties and organisations.