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title: "6 Global Quotes By Thomas Friedman"
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> [Lord knows there's a lot of bad news in the world today to get you down, but there is one big thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/lord-knows-there-s-a-lot-of-bad-news-in-the-world-today-to-get-you/)

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

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> [Al Qaeda is nothing more than a mutant supply chain. They're playing off the same platform as Wal-Mart and Dell. They're just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/al-qaeda-is-nothing-more-than-a-mutant-supply-chain-they-re-playing/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/the-country-that-owns-green-that-dominates-that-industry-is-going-to/)

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

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> [We have to be the best global citizens we can be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/we-have-to-be-the-best-global-citizens-we-can-be/)

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

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> [Al Qaeda is nothing more than a mutant supply chain. They're playing off the same platform as Wal-Mart and Dell. They're just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/al-qaeda-is-nothing-more-than-a-mutant-supply-chain-they-re-playing-2/)

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

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> [America still has the right stuff to thrive. We still have the most creative, diverse, innovative culture and open society - in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-friedman/america-still-has-the-right-stuff-to-thrive-we-still-have-the-most/)

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

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## Other authors on Global

## 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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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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