Thomas Friedman

“Climate change is a problem that can no longer be left to a few diplomats talking in secret.”

“Globalization is not a choice. It is a reality.”

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're the lion or a gazelle-when the sun comes up, you'd better be running.”

“We have gone from a world of walls to a world of webs.”

“I may be a columnist, but I'm also a citizen.”

“Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists.”

“The world is flat.”

“Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately necessary.”

“When the world is flat, you can innovate without having to emigrate.”

“We have a problem when the same people who make the law get to decide whether or not they themselves have broken the law.”

“Green is the new red, white, and blue.”

“The first rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging.”

“If you don't visit a country, you are a tourist. If you're a tourist, you can't be a journalist.”

“In a flat world, you can either be a barrier builder or a barrier buster. The barrier busters are the new champions of creation.”

“Hope is a strategy. It's not just a nice feeling.”