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- ↑ "Washington and Lee Commencement: Speakers". Washington and Lee University. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- Ruscio, Kenneth P. (2004), The Leadership Dilemma in Modern Democracy, Edgar Elgar Publishing, Inc., ISBN 978-1-84064-646-7 .
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