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.
Michael D. Higgins
Born: April 18, 1941 (age 83)
Bio: Michael Daniel Higgins is the ninth and current President of Ireland, in office since 11 November 2011.
Known for:
- Renewing the Republic (2012)
- An Arid Season: New Poems (2004)
- When Ideas Matter (2016)
- The Betrayal: Poems (1990)
- New and Selected Poems (2011)