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> [What is the most entrepreneurial country in the Middle East today? It's Lebanon. Which country has no oil or gas? Lebanon. The same was true of Israel, the same was of Bahrain. You could see a real gradation. Turkey, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/what-is-the-most-entrepreneurial-country-in-the-middle-east-today-it/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

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> [The Arab awakening has been, up to now, a lot about freedom from dictatorial regimes - Syria, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Bahrain and Egypt. But once you got freedom from, then you need freedom to. Freedom from is about destroying things.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/the-arab-awakening-has-been-up-to-now-a-lot-about-freedom-from/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

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## Other authors on Bahrain

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-billy-higgins-18145.jpg) Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bahrain/hamad-bin-isa-al-khalifa/)

## More by Thomas Friedman

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/i-m-pretty-much-an-open-book-i-am-a-fanatic-golfer-and-golf-nut-if-i/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [The financial crisis just made the hole deeper, which is why our stimulus needs to be both big and smart, both financially and educationally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/the-financial-crisis-just-made-the-hole-deeper-which-is-why-our/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [Many jobs at Google require math, computing, and coding skills, so if your good grades truly reflect skills in those areas that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/many-jobs-at-google-require-math-computing-and-coding-skills-so-if/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much information about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/never-before-in-the-history-of-the-planet-have-so-many-people-on/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/when-i-was-growing-up-my-parents-told-me-finish-your-dinner-people-in/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/hillary-clinton-has-decided-to-line-up-with-john-mccain-in-pushing-to/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/two-things-are-going-on-at-the-same-time-with-the-flattening-of-the/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/our-president-s-latest-energy-initiative-was-to-go-to-saudi-arabia/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/i-don-t-think-the-arab-spring-had-much-to-do-with-energy-i-think-it/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [Until we fully understand what turned two brothers who allegedly perpetrated the Boston Marathon bombings into murderers, it is hard to make any policy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/until-we-fully-understand-what-turned-two-brothers-who-allegedly/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/geopolitics-is-all-about-leverage-we-cannot-make-ourselves-safer/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately needed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/big-breakthroughs-happen-when-what-is-suddenly-possible-meets-what-is/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/that-s-right-the-striking-thing-about-greenhouse-gases-is-the/)

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> [There is something more severe than the problem with Thomas Friedman, which can be generalized to represent someone causing action while being completely unaccountable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/there-is-something-more-severe-than-the-problem-with-thomas-friedman/)

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> [Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/pessimists-are-usually-right-and-optimists-are-usually-wrong-but-all/)

[Thomas Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-friedman/)

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