Never before in the history of the planet have so many people, on their own, had the ability to find so much… — 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… — 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… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
There is definitely global warming, and man is definitely contributing to it. Go out to, say, Montana and talk to some pretty… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
When you can't rely on sticking a pipe in the ground, what you have to rely on is unlocking the energy and… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
We've gone from thinking the fuels that powered our growth were inexpensive, inexhaustible and benign to understanding they are exhaustible, expensive and… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I'm a capitalist. I believe in capitalism. But capitalism only works if you have safety nets to deal with people who are… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
To me the smart thing that governments in the Middle East would be doing right now is taking their oil and gas… — 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
Many of us who grew up playing golf know that our kids aren't doing it. A great way to enhance the game,… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
By 'flat' I did not mean that the world is getting equal. I said that more people in more places can now… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
What is the most entrepreneurial country in the Middle East today? It's Lebanon. Which country has no oil or gas? Lebanon. The… — 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
Remember, in China when you are one in a million, there are 1,300 other people just like you. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
When people get frustrated, it's when they feel they are living in a context that deprives them of dignity, deprives them of… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever… — 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 think the Arab awakening has changed everything and I think a lot will depend on what people there ask of us,… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
American young people have got to understand from an early age that the world pays off on results, not on effort. Not… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Capitalism makes people unequally rich. Communism makes people equally poor. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I am being very humble about the Arab Spring. There's kind of a competition out there, you might have noticed, of who… — 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
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
The more Israel sinks into the West Bank, the more it is delegitimized and isolated, the more the world focuses on Israel's… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger. — 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
