The American Leadership Tradition: Moral Vision from Washington to ClintonIn the first modern systematic examination of the bond between morals and politics, Marvin Olasky examines the lives and careers of thirteen noted American leaders, including the great, the good, and the deeply flawed, from George Washington, Henry Clay, and Booker T. Washington to Woodrow Wilson, John F. Kennedy, and Bill Clinton. Olasky looks closely at the connections between religion, sexual practices, and political decisions, examining the repeated connections between private character and public action. He explains how so-called "compartmentalization" proved to be as impossible for Lincoln as for Woodrow Wilson. |
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... Bill Clinton , became the focus of investigations involving such activities in the White House . Of the seven post - Kennedy presidents , then , Bill Clinton is more than any other at the intersection of questions involving religious ...
... Bill Clinton , became the focus of investigations involving such activities in the White House . Of the seven post - Kennedy presidents , then , Bill Clinton is more than any other at the intersection of questions involving religious ...
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... Bill Clinton confessed not only to adultery but to perjury and obstruction of justice ? Bill Clinton does not like personal confessions ; few of us do . It is much easier to crusade about international justice than to practice jus- tice ...
... Bill Clinton confessed not only to adultery but to perjury and obstruction of justice ? Bill Clinton does not like personal confessions ; few of us do . It is much easier to crusade about international justice than to practice jus- tice ...
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... Bill Clinton . Washington , DC : Regnery , 1994 . Smith , Stephen , ed . Bill Clinton on Stump , State , and Stage . Fayetteville : Uni- versity of Arkansas Press , 1994 . Woodward , Bob . The Choice . New York : Simon & Schuster , 1996 ...
... Bill Clinton . Washington , DC : Regnery , 1994 . Smith , Stephen , ed . Bill Clinton on Stump , State , and Stage . Fayetteville : Uni- versity of Arkansas Press , 1994 . Woodward , Bob . The Choice . New York : Simon & Schuster , 1996 ...
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George Washington | 3 |
Thomas Jefferson | 23 |
Andrew Jackson | 45 |
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