Thomas L. Friedman - Country Quotes

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The ideal country in a flat world is the one with no natural resources, because countries with no natural resources tend to dig inside themselves. They try to tap the energy, entrepreneurship, creativity, and intelligence of their own people-men and women-rather than drill an oil well.

Thomas L. Friedman

What we're gonna find out, Bob, in the next six to nine months is whether we have liberated a country or uncorked a civil war.

Thomas L. Friedman

We've teed up this situation for Iraqis, and I think the next six months really are going to determine whether this country is going to collapse into three parts or more or whether it's going to come together.

Thomas L. Friedman

America didn't become the richest country in the world by practicing socialism, or the strongest country by denigrating its governing institutions, or the most talent-filled country by stoking fear of immigrants. It got here via the motto "E Pluribus Unum" — Out of Many, One.

Thomas L. Friedman