"When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall……" — Walter Russell Mead
"When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation hadn't changed since ancient times. An imperial messenger on the Roman roads could get from Rome to London even faster in A.D. 100 than in 1750. But by 1850, and even more obviously today, all of that has changed."
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Walter Russell Mead
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13 Quotes by Walter Russell Mead
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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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This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a…
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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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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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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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