No matter where I go – London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore – Im always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make peoples lives better, not pull them apart. – Thomas Friedman

The country that owns green, that dominates that industry, is going to have the most energy security, national security, economic security, competitive companies, healthy population and, most of all, global respect. – Thomas Friedman
Golf has an ambivalent relationship with the environment. On one hand, its a great preserver of open spaces. Golf doesnt pave the world – it helps to green the world. But the downside is, it uses a lot of fertilizer, pesticides and water. – Thomas Friedman
What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But Ive no longer got any political aspirations. I feel that as a politician, fifty per cent of people would hate you before you even left the house. – Jon Bon Jovi
