Walter Russell Mead Quotes

A collection of quotes by Walter Russell Mead.

Walter Russell Mead is an American academic, political commentator, and writer. He was born on June 12, 1952, in Columbia, South Carolina. Mead is known for his expertise in American foreign policy and international relations. He has held various positions in academia, including serving as a professor of foreign affairs and humanities at Bard College, and as a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Mead has authored several books, including "Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World" and "God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World".

Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.

Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.

Walter Russell Mead

Leadership

You look at the steamboat, the railroad, the car, the airpla

You look at the steamboat, the railroad, the car, the airplane - not all of these were invented in the Anglo-American world, but they were popularized and extended by it. They were made possible by the financial architecture, the capital intensive operations invented and developed by the Anglo-Americans.

Walter Russell Mead

Architecture