Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross

Born: June 25, 1904
Died: June 4, 1976 (aged 71)
Bio: John Patrick Douglas Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross was a Scottish historian and writer noted for his biography of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and other works on Islamic history.
Known for:
- The Ottoman centuries
- Atatürk, the rebirth of a nation (1964)
- Grand Tour: Diary of an Eastward Journey (1935)
- The Windsor years (1967)