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.
Natan Sharansky
Born: January 20, 1948 (age 77)
Bio: Natan Sharansky is an Israeli politician, human rights activist and author who, as a refusenik in the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s, spent nine years in Soviet prisons. He has served as Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency since June 2009.
Known for:
- Fear No Evil (1988)
- The Case for Democracy (2004)
- Defending Identity (2008)