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[2] Collini, Stefen. J. S. Mill: On Liberty and Other Writings. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1989. 8.

[3] Ibid.

[4] From Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher

[5] Zakaria, Fareed.  The Post-American World.  New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008. 195.

[6] “A Ponzi Scheme That Works.” The Economist. 19 Dec. 2009: 41.

[7] Wilson, Woodrow. “First Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration.  U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 4 Mar. 1913. Address.

[8] From an author on leadership and culture.  Annonymity requested.

[9] The Biblical Book of John, Chapter 8 Verse 32

[10] Vargas-Cooper, Natasha. “Hard Core: The New World of Porn is Revealing Eternal Truths About Men and Women.” The Atlantic. Jan./Feb. 2011: 97-106.

[11] Hellmich, Nancy. “Film Study: Men Talk and Women Show Skin.” USA Today. 22 Apr. 2001: A1.

[12] Barzun, Jacques. From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life : 1500 to the Present. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. 721, 758.

[13] Kaplan, Fred.  1959: The Year Everything Changed.  Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2009, 243.

[14] As quoted in Barzun, Jacques. From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life : 1500 to the Present. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. 790.

[15] As quoted in Barzun, Jacques. From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life : 1500 to the Present. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. 663.

[16] Garfield, James. “Inaugural Address.” Presidential Inauguration. U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 4 Mar. 1881. Address.

[17] Tocqueville, Alexis De, and J. P. Mayer. Democracy in America. New York: HarperPerennial Modern Classics, 2006.

[18] Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. Lessons of History. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2010.

[19] D’Souza, Dinesh. “Sell USA’s virtue to Muslim World.” USA Today. 2 May 2002: 11A.

[20] Tocqueville, Alexis De, and J. P. Mayer. Democracy in America. New York: HarperPerennial Modern Classics, 2006.

[21] Smith, Gary Scott. Faith and the Presidency: from George Washington to George W. Bush. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2006.