Quote of the day
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits.
Jack N. Rakove
Born: June 4, 1947 (age 77)
Bio: Jack Norman Rakove is an American historian, author, professor at Stanford University, and Pulitzer Prize winner.
Known for:
- Declaring rights (1998)
- The Unfinished Election of 2000 (1969)