Quote by Thomas Friedman
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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

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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

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respect
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It created a global platform that allowed more people to plug and play, collaborate and compete, share knowledge and share work, than anything we have ever seen in the history of the world. – Thomas Friedman

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History
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I think we have lost our groove as a country. One of the reasons was the attack on 9/11. We got knocked off our game. From a country that always exported hope we went into the business of exporting fear. – Thomas Friedman

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Ive committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics. – David Miliband

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Im not involved in politics any more and theyre quite right. – Jeffrey Archer

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Theres people coming in whove never done any politics at all, whove never been in a trade union, theyve never been in a political party, theyve never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency. – Susan George

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I try not to tune in to politics until its two or three months before the election. Till then, its like watching preseason football. – Trey Parker

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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. – Hannah Arendt

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