Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Samuel P. Huntington
Born: April 18, 1927
Died: December 24, 2008 (aged 81)
Bio: Samuel Phillips Huntington was an influential American conservative political scientist, adviser and academic.
Known for:
- Political Order in Changing Societies (1968)
- The Soldier and the State (1957)
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