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
Our president's latest energy initiative was to go to Saudi Arabia and beg King Abdullah to give us a little relief on… — 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
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
No, most of our political elite has not realized that the world is flat. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan… — 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
I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
All one needs to do is just to go to any hospital in America and see the number of Pakistani or Indian… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Something really big happened in the world's wiring in the last decade, but it was obscured by the financial crisis and post-9/11.… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Basically all the world's computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Lord knows there's a lot of bad news in the world today to get you down, but there is one big thing… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
In Globalization 1.0, which began around 1492, the world went from size large to size medium. In Globalization 2.0, the era that… — 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
I was in Bangalore, India, the Silicon Valley of India, when I realized that the world was flat. — 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
The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist -- McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I don't think a monarchy led by 75- and 80-year-old men [Saudi Arabia] in today's modern world is really sustainable. — 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
When it comes to dealing with the world's climate and energy challenges, I have a simple rule: change America, change the world. — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
In a hyper-connected world where average is over, there is one thing we know absolutely for sure: Every good job will require… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Remember, the difference between the world frozen over, in an ice ball, and the warming period we're in now is just 6… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'The World Is Flat,' I said the world is flat. Yeah, we're all connected. Facebook didn't exist; Twitter was… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I don't think that stability and the status quo go together at all, not in a flat world where people are integrated,… — 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
