Quote of the day
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentleman and is nothing else.
Yitzhak Shamir
Born: October 22, 1915
Died: June 30, 2012 (aged 96)
Bio: Yitzhak Shamir was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983 84 and 1986 1992. Before the establishment of the State of Israel, Shamir was a leader of the Zionist paramilitary group Lehi.