Quote of the day
A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that 'the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.'
William Penn
Born: October 14, 1644
Died: July 30, 1718 (aged 73)
Bio: William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Known for:
- No Cross, No Crown (1669)
- The political writings of William Penn
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