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.
Walter Hines Page
Born: August 15, 1855
Died: December 21, 1918 (aged 63)
Bio: Walter Hines Page was an American journalist, publisher, and diplomat. He was the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom during World War I.
Known for:
- The southerner (1909)
- The rebuilding of old commonwealths (1902)
- The school that built a town
- A publisher's confession (1905)