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.
Joseph Grew
Born: May 27, 1880
Died: May 25, 1965 (aged 84)
Bio: Joseph Clark Grew was an American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer. Early in his career, he was the chargé d'affaires at the American Embassy in Vienna when the Austro-Hungarian Empire severed diplomatic relations with the United States on April 9, 1917.
Known for:
- Ten years in Japan (1944)
- Report from Tokyo (1942)
- Sport and Travel in the Far East (1910)