"This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that……" — Walter Russell Mead
"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."
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13 Quotes by Walter Russell Mead
Walter Russell Mead has 13 quotes on this site.
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Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.
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Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated them. But something has to…
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It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an…
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We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and…
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not…
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The American people are extraordinarily comfortable, affluent, and secure. It's easy for us to make the argument that God's purpose…
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When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue…
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There is not a great sense that the Americans know what they are doing, or are making much progress in…
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The historian assesses that the investment of the wealthy classes in the Bank of England wedded them to the fate…
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Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well.…
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Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the…
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Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems…
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