"Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo."
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Bill Mauldin
William Henry Mauldin (29 October 1921 – 22 January 2003) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist from the United States, who became famous for his "Willie and Joe" cartoons during World War II.
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