The same undisciplined government spending and social engineering that has undermined our economy over the past 30 years has also been tearing at the social fabric of this land.
By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
| Kit Carson, Explorer (1809) |
| Ava Gardner, Actress (1922) |
| Tarja Halonen, Statesman (1943) |
| Saint Ignatius, Saint (1491) |
| Johnny Isakson, Politician (1944) |
| Juan Ramon Jimenez, Poet (1881) |
| James Prescott Joule, Physicist (1818) |
| Anil Kapoor, Actor (1959) |
| Hamid Karzai, Statesman (1957) |
| Joel Barlow, Poet (1812) |
| Frederic Bastiat, Economist (1850) |
| William Cameron Forbes, Diplomat (1959) |
| George Gerbner, Journalist (2005) |


