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Thomas Friedman Quotes

I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before Picture Quote #1

We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists Picture Quote #1

Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home Picture Quote #1

If you don’t visit the bad neighborhoods, the bad neighborhoods are going to visit you Picture Quote #1

We say that necessity is the mother of invention, and no country has more of a necessity to develop clean power than China Picture Quote #1

We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it Picture Quote #1

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The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competitive companies, healthy population and, most of all, global respect Picture Quote #1

No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better, not pull them apart Picture Quote #1

Nature is regulating our climate for free. Mother Nature, she's been doing that for free, for a long, long time. Now do you really want to get in there and do geo-engineering and all this kind of stuff? Picture Quote #1

I've been a critic of the antiglobalization movement, and they've been a critic of me, but the one thing I respect about the movement is their authentic energy. These are not people who don't care about the world Picture Quote #1

I think we have lost our groove as a country. One of the reasons was the attack on 9/11. We got knocked off our game. From a country that always exported hope we went into the business of exporting fear Picture Quote #1

Golf has an ambivalent relationship with the environment. On one hand, it's a great preserver of open spaces. Golf doesn't pave the world - it helps to green the world. But the downside is, it uses a lot of fertilizer, pesticides and water Picture Quote #1

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Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells Picture Quote #1

Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of the fat out of life Picture Quote #1

The first rule of holes is when you’re in one, stop digging. When you’re in three, bring a lot of shovels Picture Quote #1

I’m a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. But capitalism only works if you have safety nets to deal with people who are naturally left behind and brutalized by it Picture Quote #1

We’ve gone from thinking the fuels that powered our growth were inexpensive, inexhaustible and benign to understanding they are exhaustible, expensive and toxic. Once you frame the problem that way, people will look at solutions differently Picture Quote #1

Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists Picture Quote #1

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When you study history and look at every civilization that has grown up and died off, they all leave one remnant: a major sports colosseum at the heart of their capital. Our fate can be different; but only if we start doing things differently Picture Quote #1

Tap into people’s dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won’t lift a finger Picture Quote #1

Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people Picture Quote #1

What every employer is looking for is not someone who can do the job, but someone who can reinvent the job Picture Quote #1

What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth Picture Quote #1

In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them Picture Quote #1

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It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty of dignity. Humiliation is the most underestimated force in international relations and in human relations. It is when people or nations are humiliated that they really lash out and engage in extreme violence Picture Quote #1

What we’re gonna find out, bob, in the next six to nine months is whether we have liberated a country or uncorked a civil war Picture Quote #1

Improv time is over. This is crunch time. Iraq will be won or lost in the next few months. But it won’t be won with high rhetoric. It will be won on the ground in a war over the last mile Picture Quote #1

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I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before (Thomas Friedman Quotes) We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists (Thomas Friedman Quotes) Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home (Thomas Friedman Quotes) If you don’t visit the bad neighborhoods, the bad neighborhoods are going to visit you (Thomas Friedman Quotes) We say that necessity is the mother of invention, and no country has more of a necessity to develop clean power than China (Thomas Friedman Quotes) We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it (Thomas Friedman Quotes) The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competitive companies, healthy population and, most of all, global respect (Thomas Friedman Quotes) No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better, not pull them apart (Thomas Friedman Quotes) Nature is regulating our climate for free. Mother Nature, she's been doing that for free, for a long, long time. Now do you really want to get in there and do geo-engineering and all this kind of stuff? (Thomas Friedman Quotes) I've been a critic of the antiglobalization movement, and they've been a critic of me, but the one thing I respect about the movement is their authentic energy. These are not people who don't care about the world (Thomas Friedman Quotes) I think we have lost our groove as a country. One of the reasons was the attack on 9/11. We got knocked off our game. From a country that always exported hope we went into the business of exporting fear (Thomas Friedman Quotes) Golf has an ambivalent relationship with the environment. On one hand, it's a great preserver of open spaces. Golf doesn't pave the world - it helps to green the world. But the downside is, it uses a lot of fertilizer, pesticides and water (Thomas Friedman Quotes) Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells (Thomas Friedman Quotes) Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of the fat out of life (Thomas Friedman Quotes) The first rule of holes is when you’re in one, stop digging. When you’re in three, bring a lot of shovels (Thomas Friedman Quotes) I’m a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. But capitalism only works if you have safety nets to deal with people who are naturally left behind and brutalized by it (Thomas Friedman Quotes) We’ve gone from thinking the fuels that powered our growth were inexpensive, inexhaustible and benign to understanding they are exhaustible, expensive and toxic. Once you frame the problem that way, people will look at solutions differently (Thomas Friedman Quotes) Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists (Thomas Friedman Quotes) When you study history and look at every civilization that has grown up and died off, they all leave one remnant: a major sports colosseum at the heart of their capital. Our fate can be different; but only if we start doing things differently (Thomas Friedman Quotes) Tap into people’s dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won’t lift a finger (Thomas Friedman Quotes) Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people (Thomas Friedman Quotes) What every employer is looking for is not someone who can do the job, but someone who can reinvent the job (Thomas Friedman Quotes) What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth (Thomas Friedman Quotes) In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them (Thomas Friedman Quotes) It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty of dignity. Humiliation is the most underestimated force in international relations and in human relations. It is when people or nations are humiliated that they really lash out and engage in extreme violence (Thomas Friedman Quotes) What we’re gonna find out, bob, in the next six to nine months is whether we have liberated a country or uncorked a civil war (Thomas Friedman Quotes) Improv time is over. This is crunch time. Iraq will be won or lost in the next few months. But it won’t be won with high rhetoric. It will be won on the ground in a war over the last mile (Thomas Friedman Quotes)

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