Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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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