David Brooks Quotes

Globalization is a fact, because of technology, because of an integrated global supply chain, because of changes in transportation. And we're not going to be able to build a wall around that.

Globalization has enriched the planet beyond belief, leading to ever-increased demands of perfection. And thanks to 24/7 communications, we all instantaneously know when these expectations aren't met.

I think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy.

A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.

Although globalization is inexorable, its benefits are not.

Driven by globalization and technology our country and our economy is becoming different every day.

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce and the diffusion of education, then upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.

Globalization punctures borders.

This age of globalization is marked by the adoption of universal principles governing such matters as democracy, human rights, trade and development.

We’re not at the endpoint of globalization but somewhere near the starting line.

There is no question that our security and prosperity will be increasingly tied to the Asia Pacific. If America doesn't set the rules of the road for trade in this region, other nations will.

Commerce is a core component of pretty much any successful society.

We live in a world community, and economic contact has partly contributed to that. It’s also the case that economic opportunity opened up by economic contact has helped to a great extent to reduce poverty in many parts of the world.

We draw many benefits from globalization that people take for granted. Poverty has been reduced massively around the world. If you look at the Chinese numbers, it is quite mind-boggling: 700 million people taken out of poverty in a matter of 40 years, the poverty rate having moved from over 30 per cent from hardly six per cent now. That would not have happened if there had not been globalization.

We're often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don't stop to think about what it means.

Globalization cannot take shape without the speed of light.

Most of the time the concept of globalization ends up sounding unnecessarily abstruse - even the name itself sounds clunky and highfalutin. And people discuss it in a way that makes it seem so impersonal. But globalization really is a concrete, fundamental fact in everybody's lives, and you really see that come to life in soccer stadiums.

Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.

As I constantly remind Canadians, there isnt really a Canadian economy anymore. It is a global economy.

Improved productivity is another direct benefit of globalization.

Despite its increased dependence on the international economy, America continues to behave as if it were either a closed economy or the leader whom everyone else should automatically follow.

As many Europeans and other people from other countries, I have been led into my present activity by a very specific American gift of trade.

Take a look at NAFTA, one of the worst deals ever made by any country having to do with economic development. It's economic un development as far as America is concerned.

While Asia is commonly referred to as the Gateway to Europe, it is no less true that Europe is the Gateway to Asia, and the broad influence of the one cannot fail to have its impact upon the other.

To realize the full possibilities of this economy, we must reach beyond our own borders, to shape the revolution that is tearing down barriers and building new networks among nations and individuals, and economies and cultures: globalization. It's the central reality of our time.