John Key Quotes

We face a world where borders matter less and less.

Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.

The world has gotten so interwoven.

I don't even think of going to Europe as going to another country now.

In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers.

I think we're living in a world where there are no boundaries anymore. There are no borders.

In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.

I give lectures on globalization. I have lived on three continents. I have no quarrel with a global consciousness.

The whole world is global. With the Internet, it's like we're all living in a small village. We're starting more and more to realize there is no difference, we can work together, we can put aside our differences and work on our similarities and be successful in that way.

On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.

Nations are becoming less relevant in a world where everyone and everything is interconnected. The connections that matter most are again becoming more personal.

One of the greatest gifts that our founders bestowed upon us is open borders … the founders gave us one of the largest free trade zones that man has ever seen.

We live in a global society, and I don't think we can talk about, quote unquote, 'American themes' anymore.

I think we should be less dependent on the outdated concept we call countries.

The Berlin Wall wasn't the only barrier to fall after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Traditional barriers to the flow of money, trade, people and ideas also fell.

Today's China is not in the least shut out from the rest of the world. Trends come to us from all over the world. And the Internet is really developed in China. We get news from all over the world.

Singapore is an international city, and it would be a grave mistake to close our doors.

We live in a global village. No country can live in isolation of others like Robinson Crusoe.

Neighbor is no longer confined to the vocabulary of the individual. It is a national word. Modern inventions have annihilated distance. Commercial relations have broken down barriers of race and religion, and the family of nations is a recognized fact.

In this age of growing interconnectedness, we understand that turning our backs on the world is simply not an option.

Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness.

Its not a global village, but we're in a highly interconnected globe.

In the U.K., we have always been an open, trading nation, enriched by our global links. Contemporary patterns of migration extend this tradition.

In the States, you can buy Chinese food. In Beijing you can buy hamburger. It's very close. Now I feel the world become a big family, like a really big family. You have many neighbors. Not like before, two countries are far away.

After so many years, I feel more American than anything else, but I'm also Romanian and whatever other oddities of temperament I picked up elsewhere, in Transylvania or France, for instance. These days, everybody is both an exile and a resident - they don't call it the global village for nothing.