I've always believed the world would be a better place if more people everywhere have a chance to shape their own future… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
If e-mail had been around before the telephone was invented, people would have said, 'Hey, forget e-mail! With this new telephone invention… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
A generation ago [the Democratic Party] stood for progressive change. Now they defend every federal program as if each were sacred. They… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no… — 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,… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I have no problem with a war for oil-if we accompany it with a real program for energy conservation. But when we… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein once remarked that if you ask a man how much is two plus two and he tells you… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
If you want to get an advance machine tool job today, you need to know calculus. We know a lot of people… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
If I were advising President Obama, since he's the one running, I would have made his campaign very simple. I promise that… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Oil is a tangible commodity, so there is a global market. The fact that we may need less may affect the global… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
If you are self-motivated, wow, this world is tailored for you. The boundaries are all gone. But if you're not self-motivated, this… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Iraq may still have a decent outcome...but even if it becomes Switzerland, we overpaid for it. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Only if you give the Palestinians something to lose is there a hope that they will agree to moderate their demands… I… — 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
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
The unemployment rate today for people with our-year college degrees is 4.1%, which is almost none. That's people switching jobs basically. That… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I think no country is going to be immune from the Arab awakening because the Arab awakening is driven by deep human… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
My mother-in-law says if you want to live like a Republican, vote like a Democrat. That if you are a part of… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I think that competition will exist even if we discover more oil. We're never going to know how much we have, or… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately needed — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
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