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.
Noel Annan, Baron Annan

Born: December 25, 1916
Died: February 21, 2000 (aged 83)
Bio: Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron Annan was a British military intelligence officer, author, and academic. During his military career, he rose to the rank of colonel and was appointed to the Order of the British Empire as an Officer.
Known for:
- Our age (1990)
- The Dons (1999)
- Changing Enemies (1995)
- Leslie Stephen (1951)
- The First and the Last