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We need to become energy independent or at least aspire to that.

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Thomas Friedman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 20
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Saint Louis Park
Minnesota
Thomas Loren Friedman
Thomas L. Friedman
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I think that competition will exist even if we discover more oil. We're never going to know how much we have, or how long will it last. You are always going to want to have diversity of supply. I think the Middle East will remain a region of competition, of global competition, fighting for a long time.
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What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth.
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Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger.
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I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce.
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If you don't have an ethic of conservation, you basically have a license to drive a Hummer through the Amazon.
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I could see America playing a slightly smaller role in the Middle East but I would not see us abandoning the region and just say Oh, like I said, China, Russia, it's yours now. Global focus is just on our hemisphere. I don't see that happening.
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