--- title: "1 Political Idea Quotes By Thomas L. Friedman" description: "1 Political Idea quotes by Thomas L. Friedman. Plus more from Thomas L. Friedman and more Political Idea sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/thomas-l-friedman-5270_levantine_the-levantine-political-idea-which-grew_2918847.jpg" --- > [“The Levantine political idea, which grew naturally among the communities of the eastern Mediterranean, was an original way of dealing with diverse tribal, village, and sectarian identities, and it inspired the Beirutis and ultimately the Lebanese to believe that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/the-levantine-political-idea-which-grew-naturally-among-the/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/thomas-l-friedman-5270_levantine_the-levantine-political-idea-which-grew_2918847.jpg) ## More by Thomas L. Friedman > [“When my dad died suddenly, my widowed mom couldn’t afford my college tuition, so Morrie and his friend Jake Garber, my dad’s boss, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/when-my-dad-died-suddenly-my-widowed-mom-couldn-t-afford-my-college/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) > [“These alliances began with the most basic blood association—the family—and then expanded to the clan, the tribe, and then to other tribes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/these-alliances-began-with-the-most-basic-blood-association-the/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) > [“Social conservatives from the right wing of the Republican party, who do not like globalization or closer integration with the world because it brings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/social-conservatives-from-the-right-wing-of-the-republican-party-who/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) > [“When Muslim radicals and fundamentalists look at the West, they see only the openness that makes us, in their eyes, decadent and promiscuous. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/when-muslim-radicals-and-fundamentalists-look-at-the-west-they-see/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) > [“Men grant and withdraw their love according to their whims, but fear is a hand that rests on their shoulders in a way they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/men-grant-and-withdraw-their-love-according-to-their-whims-but-fear/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) > [“But the question that tugged at me, and I asked over and over was: What was that “it” that was being sustained? I needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/but-the-question-that-tugged-at-me-and-i-asked-over-and-over-was-what/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) > [“It is fun to be around really, really creative makers in the second half of the chessboard, to see what they can do, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/it-is-fun-to-be-around-really-really-creative-makers-in-the-second/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) > [“Today more than ever, the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, technology, finance, national security and ecology are disappearing. You often cannot explain one without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/today-more-than-ever-the-traditional-boundaries-between-politics/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) > [“Second, in the desert there was no outside mediator or government to enforce laws or to adjudicate disputes in a neutral way between tribes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/second-in-the-desert-there-was-no-outside-mediator-or-government-to/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) > [“NAZ was founded in 2008 in Minneapolis, and is modeled on Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone. It uses a holistic web of family coaches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/naz-was-founded-in-2008-in-minneapolis-and-is-modeled-on-geoffrey/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) > [“I got to see with my own eyes the boundaries of men’s compassion alongside their unfathomable brutality, their ingenuity alongside astounding folly, their insanity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/i-got-to-see-with-my-own-eyes-the-boundaries-of-men-s-compassion/) [Thomas L. Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-l-friedman/) > [“While their parents knew a different life and would never really feel at home again without it, their kids had never known anything else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-l-friedman/while-their-parents-knew-a-different-life-and-would-never-really-feel/) [Thomas L. 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