Quote of the day
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
Paul Blanshard

Born: August 27, 1892
Died: January 27, 1980 (aged 87)
Bio: Paul Beecher Blanshard was an American author, assistant editor of The Nation magazine, lawyer, socialist, secular humanist, and from 1949 an outspoken critic of Catholicism.
Known for:
- American Freedom and Catholic Power (1949)
- Communism, Democracy And Catholic Power (1951)
- Classics of Free Thought (1977)
- An outline of the British labor movement (1923)
- Irish and catholic power (1953)