Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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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