Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing… — 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
Once people get a taste for whatever you want to call it - economic independence, a better lifestyle, and a better life… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
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
When you go along in life and develop whatever notoriety you do, people begin to relate to you differently, and I'm just… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Hope and optimism aren't just attitudes, they are life strategies. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
We need a proper balance between government spending on nursing homes and nursery schools - on the last six months of life… — 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'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
