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“Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.”
“There is no rational reason to doubt that the universe has existed indefinitely, for an infinite time. It is only myth that attempts to say how the universe came to be, either four thousand or twenty billion years ago.”
| Yukiya Amano, Public Servant (1947) |
| J. M. Barrie, Novelist (1860) |
| James M. Barrie, Playwright (1860) |
| Gregory Bateson, Scientist (1904) |
| Vince Cable, Politician (1943) |
| Howard Carter, Scientist (1874) |
| Rosario Dawson, Actress (1979) |
| Manfred Eigen, Scientist (1927) |
| Albert Finney, Actor (1936) |
| Jose Ortega Y Gasset, Philosopher (1883) |
| Nelson Algren, Novelist (1981) |
| Dan Devine, Coach (2002) |
| Brenda Fassie, Musician (2004) |
| Paul Gauguin, Artist (1903) |
| Mary Johnston, Novelist (1936) |
| Akhmad Kadyrov, Statesman (2004) |
| Alan King, Comedian (2004) |