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 FriedmanI love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce.
Thomas FriedmanWhat about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth.
Thomas FriedmanIt 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