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Authors: Pat Williams
9
Raymond Rolak, “John Paul II, the New Saint,”
Polish News
, April 18, 2014,
http://www.polishnews.com/newsy-news/wiadomoci-ze-wiata-news-from-around-the-world/5481-john-paul-ii,-the-new-saint
; George Weigel, “Lessons of a Pontiff’s Twilight,”
Washington Post
, March 22, 2005, A17; John Thavis, “Pope John Paul II: A Light for the World,” United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Office of Media Relations, 2003,
http://web.archive.org/web/20110623031352/
http://www.usccb.org/comm/popejohnpaulii/biography.shtml
.
10
Richard Cavendish, “Election of John Paul II,” History Today, October 2008,
http://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/election-john-paul-ii
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11
Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Journey to Poland, “Holy Mass: Homily of His Holiness John Paul II,” Victory Square, Warsaw, June 2, 1979,
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1979/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19790602_polonia-varsavia_en.html
.
12
Peggy Noonan, “Make John Paul II a Saint,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 30, 2011,
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704463804576291513299466454
.
13
Ibid.
14
Ibid., 157–58.
Chapter 10
1
James Thomas Flexner,
Washington: The Indispensable Man
(New York: Penguin, 1984), 110.
2
Dr. Burton W. Folsom, “George Washington’s Unimpeachable Character,” Mackinac Center for Public Policy, February 1, 1999,
http://www.mackinac.org/1652
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3
Mark Alexander, “The Model for Presidential Character—George Washington,” The Patriot Post, February 23, 2012,
http://patriotpost.us/alexander/12704
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4
Harold Kellock,
Parson Weems of the Cherry-Tree
(New York: The Century Co., 1928), 88.
5
Michael D. McKinney, “George Washington’s Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation,”
Foundations
Online Magazine,
http://www.foundationsmag.com/civility.html
.
6
Katherine Kersten, “George Washington’s Character,” Center of the American Experiment, March 6, 1996,
http://www.americanexperiment.org/publications/commentaries/george-washingtons-character
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7
“George Washington Biography,” Biography.com, A&E Television Networks, 2014,
http://www.biography.com/people/george-washington-9524786
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8
David McCullough, “The Glorious Cause of America,” assembly address at Brigham Young University, September 27, 2005, Speeches,
http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=10804
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9
Troy O. Bickham, “Sympathizing with Sedition? George Washington, the British Press, and British Attitudes during the American War of Independence,”
William and Mary Quarterly
(Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture), January 2002, 101.
10
“George Washington Biography,”
Biography.com
.
11
The Claremont Institute, “Farewell Address 1796,” Rediscovering George Washington, PBS.org, 2002,
http://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/milestones/farewell_address_about.html
.
12
Thomas Sowell, “What Kind of ‘Experience’?,” Creators Syndicate, February 10, 2008,
http://www.creators.com/conservative/thomas-sowell/what-kind-of-experience.html
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13
Ann Rinaldi, appendix “Writings of George Washington about Slavery,” in
Taking Liberty: The Story of Oney Judge, George Washington’s Runaway Slave
(New York: Simon & Shuster, 2002), 260.
14
Ibid.
15
Stephen E. Ambrose,
To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002), 1, 3, 13.
16
Ibid., 10.
17
John P. Kaminski,
The Great Virginia Triumvirate: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison
(Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2010), 78–79.
18
Peter R. Henriques,
Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington
(Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2006), 187–88.
19
Frank E. Grizzard,
George Washington: A Biographical Companion
(Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002), 74.
20
Henriques,
Realistic Visionary
, 194.
21
Ibid., 203.
Chapter 11
1
Billy Graham,
Just As I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham
(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007), 17.
2
Ibid., 27.
3
Ibid., 28–29.
4
Ibid., 59.
5
Ibid., 135.
6
Ibid., 135–36.
7
Ibid., 139.
8
Ibid., xxii.
9
Stanley High,
Billy Graham: The Personal Story of the Man, His Message, and His Mission
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956), 43.
10
Billy Graham,
Just As I Am
, xxii.
11
Merle Miller,
Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman
(New York: Putnam, 1974), 363.
12
Christian Broadcasting Network, “Billy Graham: Preacher to the Presidents,” CBN. com, August 2007,
http://www.cbn.com/entertainment/books/PreacherandPresidents.aspx
; Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, “Billy Graham: A Spiritual Gift to All,”
Time
, May 31, 2007,
http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1627139,00.html
.
13
Stephen P. Miller,
Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South
(Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009), 30.
14
Jeremy Gray, “Easter Sunday 1964, Billy Graham Brought Message of Hope to Integrated Audience at Birmingham’s Legion Field,” Blog.AL.com, March 20, 2014,
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2014/03/easter_sunday_1964_billy_graha.html
.
15
Trevor Freeze, “Billy Graham, Nelson Mandela United by Apartheid Opposition,” Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, December 6, 2013,
http://billygraham.org/story/billy-graham-nelson-mandela-united-by-apartheid-opposition/
.
16
Graham,
Just As I Am
, 128.
Chapter 12
1
Patricia O’Toole, “The Speech That Saved Teddy Roosevelt’s Life,”
Smithsonian
, November 2012,
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-speech-that-saved-teddy-roosevelts-life-83479091/?no-ist
; Henry Blodget, “Here’s the Famous Populist Speech Teddy Roosevelt Gave Right after Getting Shot,”
Business Insider
, October 14, 2011,
http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-famous-populist-speech-teddy-roosevelt-gave-right-after-getting-shot-2011-10
; R. J. Brown, “Teddy Roosevelt Shot by Anarchist—Manuscript of Speech Saves His Life,” HistoryBuff.com, February 15, 2007,
http://www.historybuff.com/library/refteddy.html
.
2
Joseph Bucklin Bishop,
Theodore Roosevelt and His Time
—
Shown in His Own Letters
(New York: Scribner, 1920), 1:3.
3
Henry William Brands,
TR: The Last Romantic
(New York: Basic Books, 1997), 24.
4
George Grant,
The Courage and Character of Theodore Roosevelt: A Hero among Leaders
(Nashville: Cumberland House, 2005), 94.
5
Brands,
TR: The Last Romantic
, 31.
6
Ibid., 80.
7
Ibid., 162.
8
National Park Service, “Roosevelt’s bar fight,” Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota,
http://www.nps.gov/thro/historyculture/roosevelts-bar-fight.htm
.
9
Donald J. Davidson, ed.,
The Wisdom of Theodore Roosevelt
(New York: Kensington: 2003), 11.
10
James Arnt Aune and Martin J. Medhurst,
The Prospect of Presidential Rhetoric
(College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2008), 141.
11
Theodore Roosevelt,
Works: Presidential Addresses and State Papers, April 7, 1904, to May 9, 1905
(New York: Review of Reviews Co., 1910), 14.
12
Howard G. Hendricks,
Values and Virtues: Classic Quotes, Awesome Thoughts and Humorous Sayings
(Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1997), 70.
13
Roosevelt,
Works
, 16–17.
14
Bishop,
Theodore Roosevelt and His Time
, 2:391.
15
Jacob A. Riis,
Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen
(New York: Macmillan, 1918), 406.
16
Davidson,
Wisdom of Theodore Roosevelt
, 48.
17
WGBH, “American Experience: T.R.,” Complete Program Transcript, PBS.org,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/transcript/tr-transcript/
.
18
David Baldwin,
Royal Prayer: A Surprising History
(New York: Continuum International, 2009), 136.
Chapter 13
1
University of Virginia,
Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia
, January 1922 (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1922), 377–78.
2
Clifton Fadiman and André Bernard,
Bartlett’s Book of Anecdotes
(New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2000), 317.
3
Michael Nelson, ed.,
The Presidency A-Z
(New York: Routledge, 1998), 225.
4
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., “Rating the Presidents: Washington to Clinton,” Frontline, PBS SoCal, October 12, 2004,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/choice2004/leadership/schlesinger.html
.
5
George Will, “Jefferson Ranks as Top Person of Millennium,”
Sumter [SC] Item
, December 16, 1990, 12A.
6
Warren G. Bennis,
The Essential Bennis: Essays on Leadership
(San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2009), 229, 230.
7
John C. Maxwell,
The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow
(Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1999), 30.
8
Thomas Jefferson,
Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American
, ed. Bernard Mayo (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1970), 5.
9
Ibid.
10
Ibid.
11
Ibid., 6.
12
Andrew Burstein,
The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimist
(Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1996), 61–63.
13
Thomas Jefferson,
Notes on the State of Virginia
, “Query XVIII: Manners,” TeachingAmericanHistory.org,
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/notes-on-the-state-of-virginia-query-xviii-manners/
.
14
Annette Gordon-Reed,
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
(New York: W. W. Norton, 2008), 99–100; Jon Meacham,
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
(New York: Random House, 2012), 49.
15
PBS, “Interview: Andrew Burstein—Historian,” Thomas Jefferson: A Film by Ken Burns, PBS.org,
http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/archives/interviews/Burstein.htm
.
16
Elbert Hubbard with John Jacob Lentz,
Thomas Jefferson: A Little Journey
(East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1906), 101.
17
Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia, “Jefferson’s Last Words,” Monticello.org,
http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/jeffersons-last-words
.
18
Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia, “John Adams,” Monticello.org,
http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/john-adams
.
19
Proverbs 25:3
MSG
.
Chapter 14
1
Luisa Kroll, “The World’s Billionaires,”
Forbes
, March 5, 2008,
http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/05/richest-people-billionaires-billionaires08-cx_lk_0305billie_land.html
.
2
James Wallace and Jim Erickson,
Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
(New York: HarperCollins, 1992), 10–11.
3
Ibid., 15–16.
4
Ibid., 21.
5
Anthony Fellow,
American Media History
, 2nd ed. (Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010), 376.
6
Bill Gates, “Remarks by Bill Gates—Lakeside School,” Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pressroom Speeches, September 23, 2005,
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/26
Ibid.
7
Ibid.
8
Wallace and Erickson,
Hard Drive
, 44–45.
9
Paul Allen,
Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft
(New York: Penguin, 2012), 72.
10
Ibid., 6–9.
11
Terry R. Bacon,
The Elements of Power: Lessons on Leadership and Influence
(New York: AMACOM, 2011), 27; Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Brent Schlender, and Henry Goldblatt, “Bill Gates & Paul Allen Talk—Check Out the Ultimate Buddy Act in Business History,”
Fortune
, October 2, 1995,
http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/10/02/206528/index.htm
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