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.
James H. Billington
Born: June 1, 1929
Died: November 20, 2018 (aged 89)
Bio: James Hadley Billington, the Librarian of Congress Emeritus, was a leading American academic and author who taught history at Harvard and Princeton before serving for 42 years as CEO of four federal cultural institutions.
Known for:
- Fire in the Minds of Men (1980)
- The Icon and the Axe (1966)
- Russia in Search of Itself (2004)