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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... looked as if civil war might break out . Citizens in New England towns such as Bath and Gloucester established committees of safety and correspondence , just as they had before the Revolution . They vowed " to give immediate alarm ...
... looked as if civil war might break out . Citizens in New England towns such as Bath and Gloucester established committees of safety and correspondence , just as they had before the Revolution . They vowed " to give immediate alarm ...
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... looked the other way at Lincoln's beliefs because the Republican Party was now the instrument to end slavery , perhaps through “ a noble war of humanity , " as abolitionist writer and preacher Moncure Conway put it . Apocalypse now ...
... looked the other way at Lincoln's beliefs because the Republican Party was now the instrument to end slavery , perhaps through “ a noble war of humanity , " as abolitionist writer and preacher Moncure Conway put it . Apocalypse now ...
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... looked for a gubernatorial candidate to run against Republican corruption , they tapped Cleveland . Once elected , he vetoed attempts by localities to get the legislature to use state money for local projects . American government , he ...
... looked for a gubernatorial candidate to run against Republican corruption , they tapped Cleveland . Once elected , he vetoed attempts by localities to get the legislature to use state money for local projects . American government , he ...
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George Washington | 3 |
Thomas Jefferson | 23 |
Andrew Jackson | 45 |
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