Quote of the day
The pertinent question: if Americans did not want these wars should they have been compelled to fight them?
John Wilson Croker

Born: December 20, 1780
Died: August 10, 1857 (aged 76)
Bio: John Wilson Croker was an Irish statesman and author.
Known for:
- Croker papers
- History of the Guillotine (1853)
- Johnsoniana; Or, Supplement To Boswell (1836)






