America is interested in change and reform in the Middle East but in a stable way. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
If we don't have a more serious energy policy, the difference between a good day and bad day for America from here… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
When it comes to dealing with the world's climate and energy challenges, I have a simple rule: change America, change the world. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Obviously China is clearly taking the lead in some areas, but when it comes to the most advanced innovation, it's still America. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Many authors hate to go on grinding book tours. But I've always found it a useful way to be a foreign correspondent… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
The Middle East would always be an important trading partner in just a market sense, like America is a big market for… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Even if America tomorrow - and it won't happen overnight - but if we did reduce our demand for gas and natural… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Everything I’ve ever gotten in life is largely due to the fact that I was born in this country, America, at this… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I could see America playing a slightly smaller role in the Middle East but I would not see us abandoning the region… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
America was the funder of petro-dictatorships. We treated all these countries as basically big, large gas stations: Libya station, Iraq station, Iran… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
America still has the right stuff to thrive. We still have the most creative, diverse, innovative culture and open society - in… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
All one needs to do is just to go to any hospital in America and see the number of Pakistani or Indian… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I think that the drama of people rising up demanding their own freedom is one that resonates very deeply with America. I… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I'm a radical pro-immigration advocate. I'm not saying we just look at the Muslim world or we just look at China, we… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
“I’ll tell you what makes me optimistic, is that this country is still full of people who just didn’t get the word.… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I am always a little skeptical on the water thing because I have been hearing that for 30 years, but one year… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Why is it Muslims from Pakistan or from Egypt come to America and thrive, and they are frustrated back home? It's about… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Until we fully understand what turned two brothers who allegedly perpetrated the Boston Marathon bombings into murderers, it is hard to make… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Today, natural gas now outstrips coal as the leading provider of electricity in America. If this is as big as people believe… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I'm pretty much an open book. I am a fanatic golfer and golf nut. If I have three free hours any day, my first… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
The financial crisis just made the hole deeper, which is why our stimulus needs to be both big and smart, both financially and educationally… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Many jobs at Google require math, computing, and coding skills, so if your good grades truly reflect skills in those areas that you can… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much information about… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Hillary Clinton has decided to line up with John McCain in pushing to suspend the federal excise tax on gasoline, 18.4 cents a gallon,… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Our president's latest energy initiative was to go to Saudi Arabia and beg King Abdullah to give us a little relief on gasoline prices.… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
I don't think the Arab Spring had much to do with energy. I think it was just the opposite, in fact. I think the… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Until we fully understand what turned two brothers who allegedly perpetrated the Boston Marathon bombings into murderers, it is hard to make any policy… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately needed — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
That's right-the striking thing about greenhouse gases is the diversity of sources that emit them. A herd of cattle belching can be worse than… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
There is something more severe than the problem with Thomas Friedman, which can be generalized to represent someone causing action while being completely unaccountable… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share
