The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.
William Henry Harrison
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“The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat.”
“Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.”
| Vicente Aleixandre, Poet (1898) |
| Cass Canfield, Publisher (1897) |
| Alice Cary, Poet (1820) |
| Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Writer (1916) |
| Eugene Delacroix, Artist (1798) |
| Giancarlo Esposito, Actor (1958) |
| April Glaspie, Diplomat (1942) |
| Kevin James, Comedian (1965) |
| Curtis Jones, Musician (1968) |
| Greg Laswell, Musician (1974) |
| Hasil Adkins, Musician (2005) |
| Lucille Ball, Comedian (1989) |
| Count Basie, Musician (1984) |
| Augusto Roa Bastos, Novelist (2005) |
| Jill Dando, Journalist (1999) |
| Celia Johnson, Actress (1982) |
| Corliss Lamont, Philosopher (1995) |
| David Lavender, Historian (2003) |