Walter Russell Mead Quotes


What begins in arrogance often ends in shame.

The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.

This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America.

The historian assesses that the investment of the wealthy classes in the Bank of England wedded them to the fate of the nation as a whole and to the maintenance of its stability.

Life isn't easy and leadership is harder still.