Thomas Friedman Quotes

I am often asked what can people do to become a good global citizen? I reply that it begins in your own community.

We just have to be careful of our actions as world citizens.

One of the pre - requisites for children becoming proactive and responsible citizens is the availability of enough role models inside and outside the school.

Really important issues are getting lost, so I can say I'm glad to be a citizen of the planet and do my part.

It's important that our children are raised to be educated, well-rounded tax-paying citizens that understand the importance of technology and science.

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.

It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this reality and ground ourselves in it, we are compelled to take a strict accounting of our way of life.

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

Individuals and nations owe it to themselves and the world to become informed.

People need to be made conscious of a very simple reality: we have no choice but to share this planet, this small blue sphere floating in the vast reaches of space, with all of our fellow 'passengers.'

To know that once you decide to look at life outside of the narrow limits of just your world and start to understand that you can make a difference in very simple ways - in volunteering and all the way up to bigger world problems.

There's definitely a world view among college students that appreciates the need to act in the international community.

I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world.

We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.

Our responsibility is much greater than we might have supposed, because it involves all mankind.

I've always believed that our public actions need to take account of our social responsibility.

Responsible global behaviour is ultimately an act of self-preservation of, by, and for the global beast that modern technological humanity has become.

Educating children and their parents on the universal messages of free enterprise and self-determination takes money. So does grooming political talent within the community and training and hiring Latino surrogates to bring the message to Spanish- and English-speaking media.

History shows that societies where opportunity is safeguarded tend to be societies that are good international citizens.

Our responsibility as citizens is to keep doing our part.

Awareness is very, very important because we're living in a world which is literally shrinking by the day. We are global citizens. So, for us not to be aware of what's happening to our neighbor is almost sad. Once you're aware, then you can decide what cause you want to dedicate your time to.

I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.

Please, please, stop referring to yourselves as "consumers." OK? Consumers are different than citizens. Consumers do not have obligations, responsibilities and duties to their fellow human beings. And as long as you're using that word "consumer" in the public discussion, you will be degrading the quality of the discussion we're having. And we're going to continue being clueless going into this very difficult future that we face

Decisions are made by those who show up. Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world.

Travelling as extensively as I do... the take away for me has made me very humble and very sympathetic to other people's plight in the world and very desirous of being proactive in being part of a solution somehow and not part of a problem. It's made me very patient and very grateful for where I live.