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.
William Carey
Born: August 17, 1761
Died: June 9, 1834 (aged 72)
Bio: William Carey was a British missionary, a Particular Baptist minister, a translator and an activist. He also opened the first University in India offering degrees.
Known for:
- Gay and Christian? Yes!
- Means for the Conversion of the Heathens
- A Dictionary of the Mahratta Language (1810)