There are elites that are real leaders and role models. There are elites that are really selfish and want to pull up the ladder once they've reached the roof. Thomas Friedman More Quotes by Thomas Friedman More Quotes From Thomas Friedman We have to be the best global citizens we can be. Thomas Friedman global-citizen being-the-best citizens By 'flat' I did not mean that the world is getting equal. I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before. That's why an Indian in Bangalore can take care of the office work of American doctors or read the X-rays of German hospitals. Thomas Friedman doctors office-work mean There is no substitute for face-to-face reporting and research. Thomas Friedman substitutes research faces I am always a little skeptical on the water thing because I have been hearing that for 30 years, but one year it's going to be true. With the rising populations, Yemen could be the first country in the world, or Sana'a the first major city in the world, to run out of water, that's from Yemeni hydrological engineers and the United Nations. Sooner or later, all of these people, from 7 to 9 billion, all of them want to live like America, will be consuming so much more water that some of the societies will hit a wall without more sustainable environmental practices. Thomas Friedman wall running country It has always been my view that terrorism is not spawned by the poverty of money; it is spawned by the poverty of dignity. Humiliation is the most underestimated force in international relations and in human relations. It is when people or nations are humiliated that they really lash out and engage in extreme violence. Thomas Friedman poverty views people You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept. Thomas Friedman insecurity winning people Sometimes, when my wife and I were going out to dinner, I would take my laptop with me and work in the car, so as to take advantage of the half hour going and coming. Thomas Friedman car laptops wife In the hyperconnected world, there is only “good” “better” and “best. Thomas Friedman world What is al Qaeda? It's an open source religious political movement that works off the global supply chain. Thomas Friedman movement political religious You always have to remember that Mother Nature is a lot like your body. If your temperature goes from 98.6 to 100.6, you don't feel so good. If it goes from 100.6 to 102.6, well, you call the doctor. If it goes from 102.6 to 104.6, you're in the emergency room at a hospital. The same with Mother Nature - small changes in global average temperatures have a huge climate effect. Thomas Friedman like-you mother remember Most jobs are outsourced to the past, they aren't outsourced to India or Mexico or Pakistan or anywhere else. Thomas Friedman india jobs past Why is it Muslims from Pakistan or from Egypt come to America and thrive, and they are frustrated back home? It's about clean government. It's about a rule of law. It's about intellectual property protection. They've got all the talent and energy of anybody else. As new immigrants they may have more of it, so you put them in our system and they become doctors, lawyers, and businessmen and entrepreneurs. Thomas Friedman doctors government home The reason that we are becoming less equal is because of the greater requirements, secure requirements, for a good job. This goes back to the '80s basically, this started changing as globalization and the IT revolution merged, and each started to drive the other. Thomas Friedman requirements revolution jobs Our bailout of Detroit will be remembered as the equivalent of pouring billions of taxpayers' money into the mail-order catalogue business on the eve of the birth of eBay. Thomas Friedman ebay pouring order I said that more people in more places can now compete, connect and collaborate with equal power and equal tools than ever before. Thomas Friedman bangalore tools people A golf course should aspire to generate as much energy as it consumes - golf should be leading the way toward energy net zero. Thomas Friedman zero energy golf I'm a radical pro-immigration advocate. I'm not saying we just look at the Muslim world or we just look at China, we just look at India as a source of our talent. But, one thing we know... first or second generation or new immigrants or children of immigrants have started about 40% of the Fortune 500 companies. For me it's always been a really very important issue that I want America to be open to the most energetic and talented people from around the world. Thomas Friedman issues children america Capitalism makes people unequally rich. Communism makes people equally poor. Thomas Friedman rich communism people A generation ago [the Democratic Party] stood for progressive change. Now they defend every federal program as if each were sacred. They have become the most conservative force in American politics. Thomas Friedman sacred generations party Geopolitics is all about leverage. We cannot make ourselves safer abroad unless we change our behavior at home. Thomas Friedman geopolitics behavior home
