[1] Jefferson, Thomas, and John P. Kaminski. The Quotable Jefferson. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 2006. 327.
[2] Ramraj, Victor J. Concert of Voices: an Anthology of World Writing in English. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview, 2009.
[3] Hamilton, Alexander. Alexander Hamilton: Writings. [New York]: Library of America, 2001.
[4] Vetter, Charles Edmund. Sherman: Merchant of Terror, Advocate of Peace. Gretna, LA: Pelican Pub., 1992. And Sherman, William T. “Speech to the Graduates of the Michigan Military Academy.” Michigan Military Academy, Oakland County, MI. 19 Jun. 1879. Speech.
[5] “Getting Their Guns Off.” The Atlantic. May 2010: 94.
[6] Barzun, Jacques. From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life : 1500 to the Present. New York: HarperCollins, 2000. 710-711.
[7] Paine, Thomas. The Crisis Papers, 1776-1783. Albany, NY: NCUP, 1990.
[8] Hastings, Max. Retribution: the Battle for Japan, 1944-45. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
[9] Seldes, George. The Great Thoughts. New York: Ballantine, 1996.
[10] Starr, Edwin. War. By Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. Edwin Starr. Rec. 1970. Norman Whitfield, 1970.
[11] Paine, Thomas. The Crisis Papers, 1776-1783. Albany, NY: NCUP, 1990.
[12] Murrin, John M., Paul E. Johnson, James M. McPherson, Alice Fahs, Gary Gerstle, Emily S. Rosenberg, and Norman L. Rosenberg. Liberty, Equality, Power A History of the American People: Since 1863. Vol. II. Boston: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2009.
[13] Twain, Mark, and Lawrence I. Berkove. The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain. New York: Modern Library, 2004. 117.
[14] Truman, Harry S. “Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 20 Jan. 1949. Address.
[15] Quoted in “A New Grand Strategy.” The Atlantic. Jan. 2002: 42.
[16] Reagan, Ronald, and Frederick J. Ryan. Ronald Reagan: the Great Communicator. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. 33.
[17] Madison, James. James Madison – Writings. Library of America: New York, 1999.
[18] Franklin, Benjamin, and J. A. Leo Lemay. Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings: Letters from London, 1757-1775, Paris, 1776-1785, Philadelphia, 1785-1790, Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1733-1758, the Autobiography. New York: Library of America, 1997. 322, 333.
[19] Eisenhower, Dwight D. “Second Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 21 Jan. 1957.
[20] Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. Lessons of History. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2010. 54-55.
[21] Fain, Sammy, and Paul F. Webster. “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.” Rec. 1955. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Movie Soundtrack. 1955.
[22] Quoted in “Financial System Reform Still Seems Far Away.” Kansas City Star, 20 Dec. 2010: B9.
[23] Cooper, John Milton. Woodrow Wilson: a Biography. New York: Vintage, 2011. 382.
[24] Woodward, Bob. Obama’s Wars. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. 378.
[25] Wortman, Marc. The Bonfire: the Siege and Burning of Atlanta. New York: PublicAffairs, 2009. 330.
[26] Peter, Laurence J. Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Time. New York: Quill/Morrow, 1992.
[27] Tocqueville, Alexis De, and J. P. Mayer. Democracy in America. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1988. 650.
[28] Hemingway, Ernest. “Notes on the Next War: A Serious Topical Letter.” Esquire. Sept. 1935.
[29] Pilon, Mary. “The Buying Power of a Dollar, on a Downswing.” Blogs.WSJ.com. Dow Jones & Co., Inc., 28 Jan. 2009. Web. 30 Aug. 2011. <http://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/ 2009/01/28/the-buying-power-of-a-dollar-on-a-downswing/>.
[30] Grey, George B. Federal Reserve System: Background, Analyses and Bibliography. Huntington, NY: Nova Science, 2002. 81.
[31] Jefferson, Thomas, and John P. Kaminski. The Quotable Jefferson. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 2006. 384.
[32] Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations. Ed. C.J. Bullock. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2004.
[33] Cumings, Bruce. The Korean War: a History. New York: Modern Library, 2010. 207, 220.
[34] Quoted in Woodward, Bob. Obama’s Wars. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. 17.
[35] Franklin, Benjamin, and J. A. Leo Lemay. Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings: Letters from London, 1757-1775, Paris, 1776-1785, Philadelphia, 1785-1790, Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1733-1758, the Autobiography. New York: Library of America, 1997. 333.
[36] Quoted in Bacevich, Andrew J. “The Tyranny of Defense Inc.” The Atlantic. Jan./Feb. 2011: 75.
[37] Pearsall, Judy, and Bill Trumble. “Diplomacy.” The Oxford English Reference Dictionary. Revised 2nd ed. Oxford, England: Oxford UP, 2002.
[38] Eggen, Dan. “Reflecting on His Tenure, Bush Shows New Candor.” Washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2008. Web. 29 Aug. 2011. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/ AR2008120102452.html>.
[39] Pine, Joslyn T. Wit and Wisdom of the American Presidents: a Book of Quotations. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2001.
[40] Adams, John Q. “Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 4 Mar. 1825. Address.
[41] Gilbert, Martin. Churchill. A Life. New York: Henry Holt and, 1992. 923.
[42] Eisenhower, Dwight D. “First Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 20 Jan. 1953. Address.
[43] Monroe, James. “Second Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 5 Mar. 1821. Address.
[44] Hamilton, Alexander. Alexander Hamilton: Writings. New York: Library of America, 2001.
[45] Truman, Harry S. “Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 20 Jan. 1949. Address.
[46] Jefferson, Thomas, and John P. Kaminski. The Quotable Jefferson. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 2006. 389.
[47] Reagan, Ronald. “First Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 20 Jan. 1981.
[48] Zakaria, Fareed. The Post-American World. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008.
[49] Carter, Jimmy. “Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 20 Jan. 1977. Address.
[50] Peter Drucker was an American management expert and philosopher. He described himself as a “social ecologist” and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002. Drucker has written 39 books on the topics of business and management.
[51] Kennedy, John F. “Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 20 Jan 1961. Address.
[52] Madison, James. James Madison – Writings. New York: Library of America, 1999.
[53] “Chinese Missile Defense: Anything You Can Do.” The Economist. 16 Jan. 2010: 42.
[54] Kennedy, Brian T. “It’s Never Just the Economy, Stupid.” Imprimis 40.1 (Jan. 2011): 5.
[55] Reagan, Ronald. “Second Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 21 Jan. 1985. Address.
[56] “Brief History: Missile Defense,” Time, 5 Oct. 2009.
[57] Meacham, Jon. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. New York: Random House, 2008. 297.
[58] Jefferson, Thomas, and John P. Kaminski. The Quotable Jefferson. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 2006. 115.
[59] Jaffe, Greg. “Rumsfeld Pushes Major Revamping of U.S. Military.” Wall Street Journal. 11 Mar. 2005: A1, A8.
[60] Bacevich, Andrew J. “A Less than Splendid Little War.” Wilson Quarterly. Winter 2001: 83-94.
[61] Schlesinger, Arthur M. “Folly’s Antidote.” NYTimes.com. The New York Times Co., 1 Jan. 2007. Web. 30 Aug. 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/opinion/ 01schlesinger.html>.
[62] MacArthur, Douglas. “Letter to Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr.” Letter to Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. 20 Mar. 1951. TrumanLibrary.org. Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, 2001. Web. 30 Aug. 2011. <http://www.trumanlibrary.org/exhibit_documents/ index.php?pagenumber=2&titleid=187&tldate=1951-03-24&collectionid=firem& PageID=1&groupid=3460>.
[63] Mihalkanin, Edward S. American Statesmen: Secretaries of State from John Jay to Colin Powell. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2004. 348.
[64] Woodward, Bob. Obama’s Wars. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. 185.
[65] Our political leaders urge them to do what they are uniquely unqualified to do and prevent them from doing what no military on earth could do half as well as ours.
[66] Jefferson, Thomas, and John P. Kaminski. The Quotable Jefferson. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 2006. 182.
[67] Byrne, Robert, comp. The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. # 2,407.
[68] Shanker, Thom. “Warning Against Wars Like Iraq and Afghanistan.” NYTimes.com. New York Times. 25 Feb. 2011. Web. 5 Jul. 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/ world/26gates.html.
[69] Franklin, Benjamin, and J. A. Leo Lemay. Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings: Letters from London, 1757-1775, Paris, 1776-1785, Philadelphia, 1785-1790, Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1733-1758, the Autobiography. New York: Library of America, 1997. 333.