Top 114 Globalisation Quotes & Sayings

Globalisation has in effect made the citizen disappear, and it has reduced the state into being a mere instrument of global capital.

I do think Brexit vote speaks to the ongoing changes and challenges that are raised by globalisation.

The U.S. basically wrote the rules and created the institutions of globalisation.

In the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century, regionalism was seen as a building block of globalisation.

One of the fundamental questions of today's world is undoubtedly the question of equitable globalisation.

Globalisation can provide the route for the development of a sustainable and prosperous planetary society in the next generation, provided that globalisation itself becomes more civilised than it is right now.

We believe that economic globalisation should be more open, inclusive, equitable, and balanced for mutual benefits.

It is obvious, I think, that national democracy withers. This has to do with globalisation.

In this era of globalisation, I believe that the only way to push the Philippines forward is to focus our energy on improving English, mathematics, science, and technology.

Migration is a feature of globalisation. You can’t stop it; so every time a political party says it is going to be tough on immigration, it fails to deliver and loses trust.

This is not bad, but the pace of globalisation has surpassed the capacity of the system to adjust to new realities of a more interdependent and integrated world.

Sovereignty must be redefined if states are to cope with globalisation.

We belong to a tradition where we treat the entire universe as our family. For me, globalisation is the manifestation of nationalisation. There is no contradiction between the two.

The culinary world is a fascinating place that has been influenced over the centuries by culture, religion, fashion, war, art, science and, more recently, globalisation.

Globalisation makes it clear that social responsibility is required not only of governments, but of companies and individuals. All sources must interact in order to reach the MDGs.

Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control.

In a typically contradictory move, globalisation, while promoting economic integration among elites, has exacerbated sectarianism everywhere else.

Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world.

Globalisation, for me, seems to be not first-order harm, and I find it very hard not to think about the billion people who have been dragged out of poverty as a result.

Wild globalisation has benefited some, but it's been a catastrophe for most.

The European Union's enlargement is part of the natural process of integration and globalisation that is underway in the world today.

Every country is going to have to face up to globalisation, but Scotland has got a unique capacity because of its history as part of a multinational state to help us deal with that problem.

I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.

Incidentally, I don't think there is a non-adjectival 'globalisation'. What we have now is a particular form: dominated by finance and multinational corporations and by a rhetoric (though not a reality) of 'free trade' and market forces. So I'm not a localist. I'm an internationalist, but one who believes (a) that such a thing is really only possible through a prior grounding and (b) that the terms of our present globalisation have to be challenged politically.

I believe that we will benefit more by globalisation.

Financial globalisation and Islamist globalisation are helping each other out. Those two ideologies want to bring France to its knees.

My struggle led to the reunification of Germany and the creation of the state of Europe. We destroyed the borders; globalisation is on the horizon.

Ensuring that the benefits of globalisation are shared widely remains a challenge.

Globalisation thus implies that sovereignty...needs to become weaker.

Being open to the concept that globalisation is only 10-20% complete leaves room for some expectation that there might be more gains to be achieved from further integration.

In the age of globalisation, pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

Post globalisation, the debate has been, 'How much more are we going to liberalise?'

For me, it is becoming increasingly clear that the price of unregulated globalisation, mass immigration and the free movement of labour is paid for by the lower classes.

Globalisation for a startup is exciting; you have to learn so fast about the different cultures of the world.

Our companies are active worldwide. I don't detect globalisation angst among them.

Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty and marginalisation.

We are dealing with the greater challenges of globalisation. It is generating, in many cases, an increase in the levels of inequality in societies... that is undesirable.

The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.

As the world has changed through globalisation and technology, it has left many feeling left behind.

I think that these flows of refugee are the inevitable counterparts to the flow of capital and goods. In other words, they too are by-products of globalisation.

Globalisation has changed the world, and football is the perfect instrument to set an example and to help adapt to this new world.

In an era of globalisation, AIESEC's programmes have helped young people around the world to develop a broader understanding of cultural socio-economic and business management issues.

Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.

People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity.

Globalisation means many things. At one level, it talks of trade, which since the 16th century has exchanged goods and now, increasingly, ideas and information across the globe. But globalisation is also a view of the world - it is an opinion about man and why men are on the world.

We need a greening of globalisation.

After years of globalisation, disaffected populations have lost confidence that the system is fair.

The term 'globalisation' is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-rights integration designed by wealth and power, for their own interests.

After globalisation, one country can't destabilise another country, as the international community will not forget it.

Globalisation is happening so fast it's confusing for people, and tolerance is threatened.

Globalisation is under stress due to new and emerging geo-political and geo-economic faultlines.

If we want a stronger, cleaner, and fairer world economy, we need to deal with the controversial areas of globalisation, such as tax havens.

As in the early 20th century, the elemental forces of globalisation have unravelled broad solidarities and loyalties.

With all the globalisation that has taken place, countries are a lot more interdependent and therefore 'coupled.'

Globalisation is not remotely new; it has been occurring, at differing rates and with differing degrees of scale, for centuries.

The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power.

I don't think that globalisation is anywhere near the threat that robots are.

Globalisation will make our societies more creative and prosperous, but also more vulnerable.

Kaaka Muttai' is the expression of an insider. It is a film about globalisation and its effects.

Having common European standards has not only boosted prosperity here and across the continent, it is undoubtedly the best way of managing the challenges posed by globalisation.