Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Lawrence Korb
Born: July 9, 1939 (age 85)
Bio: Lawrence J. Korb is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a senior adviser to the Center for Defense Information. He was formerly director of national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
Known for:
- The fall and rise of the Pentagon (1979)
- Military Reform: A Reference Handbook (1968)