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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... economics , and on that rock he built his analysis , as did most of his col- leagues . " My generation , " he wrote , " was raised in the conviction that the basic motive power in political behavior is the economic interest of groups ...
... economics , and on that rock he built his analysis , as did most of his col- leagues . " My generation , " he wrote , " was raised in the conviction that the basic motive power in political behavior is the economic interest of groups ...
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... economic errors , along with turmoil in international financial markets , scared businessmen . Shortly after Cleveland took office the panic of 1893 ended years of economic growth and led to a political panic that led some to see weird ...
... economic errors , along with turmoil in international financial markets , scared businessmen . Shortly after Cleveland took office the panic of 1893 ended years of economic growth and led to a political panic that led some to see weird ...
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... economic preferment because of political ties " comes dangerously near the border - line of the commandment which , in forbidding theft , cer- tainly by implication forbids the connivance at theft , or the failure to punish it ...
... economic preferment because of political ties " comes dangerously near the border - line of the commandment which , in forbidding theft , cer- tainly by implication forbids the connivance at theft , or the failure to punish it ...
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George Washington | 3 |
Thomas Jefferson | 23 |
Andrew Jackson | 45 |
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