102 Quotes by Chrystia Freeland

In a globalized economy, jobs no longer need a passport, but workers do.

The economic reality is that, thanks to smart machines and global trade, the well-paying, middle-class jobs that were the backbone of Western democracies are vanishing.

My mother was born in a refugee camp in Germany before the family immigrated to western Canada. They were able to get visas thanks to my grandfather's older sister, who had immigrated between the wars.

Plutocrats worldwide have readily understood the advantages of evading the burdens of the nation-state.

We in Canada are not going to say Muslims are worse than Christians or are worse than Jews or are worse than atheists.

I am a very strong supporter of our government's view that it is important to engage with all countries around the world - very much including Russia.

Our culture is a very diverse one, and I think now it is incredibly dangerous and very wrong to persecute Muslims and say there is something wrong with being a Muslim.

My respect for politicians has increased. It's hard work - even hard physical work.

It's important to remember that, in the 1930s, a lot of people in the West looked at communism as a pretty good idea. That was partly because they didn't know how bad things were on the communist side of the world, but it was also partly because things were bad in the West.