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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... slaves and rent out most of Mount Vernon to skilled English tenant farmers , who would then hire the ex - slaves . That tenant plan had the advantage also of not leaving his ex - slaves " set adrift " and possibly starving , but ...
... slaves and rent out most of Mount Vernon to skilled English tenant farmers , who would then hire the ex - slaves . That tenant plan had the advantage also of not leaving his ex - slaves " set adrift " and possibly starving , but ...
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... slaves during his lifetime or publicly attacked the institution . But Washington refused to engage in the most profitable part of it , breeding and selling slaves ; Jefferson did . Washington in his will freed his slaves . Jefferson did ...
... slaves during his lifetime or publicly attacked the institution . But Washington refused to engage in the most profitable part of it , breeding and selling slaves ; Jefferson did . Washington in his will freed his slaves . Jefferson did ...
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... slaves , for if the nation did not abol- ish the peculiar institution , there would be peculiar punishments . Erastus Wright , a Springfield friend of Lincoln's , warned him that if he refused to free slaves he would painfully learn ...
... slaves , for if the nation did not abol- ish the peculiar institution , there would be peculiar punishments . Erastus Wright , a Springfield friend of Lincoln's , warned him that if he refused to free slaves he would painfully learn ...
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George Washington | 3 |
Thomas Jefferson | 23 |
Andrew Jackson | 45 |
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