Thomas P.M. Barnett Quotes

Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.

You cant drag people from understanding to action. A customer isnt actually at the last mile if youre the one dragging her to the finish line.

Women waited 144 years before earning suffrage. If a mature, multiparty democracy was so darn easy, everybody would have one.

If you can get out in front of people with your ideas and your execution, you'll attract the people who need to be pulled in.

Great powers reserve the right to police bad actors in their neighborhoods.

Run with what works: Sell to the people who believe in you and are willing to take the chances and make the experience happen.

The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.

So long as the global economy continues to recover, that remains Obama's No. 1 claim to successful leadership. Nothing else even comes close.