It's clear price gouging... The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever. — Maurice Hinchey Copy Share Image
Oil companies earned a permanent enemy in me when they messed with the electric car the first time around, and I think… — Chris Paine Copy Share Image
Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So when you go up against the Far Right you go up against the big financial special interests like the Halliburtons of… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
We'll never move beyond oil until we stop rewarding oil companies with ridiculous taxpayer subsidies and start making them pay for the… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The hydrogen economy will make possible a vast redistribution of power, with far-reaching consequences for society. Today's centralized, top-down flow of energy,… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever. — Maurice Hinchey Copy Share Image
Unlike George Bush and his friends at the big oil companies, I'm going to work for a real energy policy for this… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
One of the really powerful things that's going on in this country right now in 2017 is watching attorney generals like Eric… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Look around. Oil companies guzzle down the billions in profits. Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries, and Wall Street… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Indeed one streak in our economy, we're missing the big oil companies. We're missing other big energy companies. We're missing the big… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The oil companies are really making a very lucrative amount of profit from the high price of oil. I don't that they're… — Ahmed Zaki Yamani Copy Share Image
For those of us who worry more about working people than about windfall profits for oil companies, it may net out. A… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to say to these same billionaires and the corporations they control: 'You own… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Republican hawks like John McCain and Lindsey Graham who are very skeptical of [Rex Tillerson]. At the same time the Democrats will… — Rich Lowry Copy Share Image
We've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oil companies, it is very rare to… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
American oil companies - including Amoco, Unocal, Exxon, Pennzoil - have invested billions of dollars in Azerbaijan and plan to invest billions… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
We've run out of good projects. This is not a money issue... If these oil companies had fantastic projects, they'd be out… — Matthew Simmons Copy Share Image
We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by ending the subsidies for oil companies, and doubling down on clean energy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Five years of Republicans' failed energy policies have resulted in Americans paying twice as much at the pump as they did in… — Russ Carnahan Copy Share Image
the Republicans love to say that the Democratic Party is ruled by 'special interests.' But when pressed to name these 'special interests,'… — Geraldine Ferraro Copy Share Image
The climate, financial and national security crises are all connected. They share the same cause: Our [the USA's] absurd dependency on foreign… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Some years ago one oil company bought a fertilizer company, and every other major oil company practically ran out and bought a… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The oil companies are regulated by the federal government. They can't drill on land nor in American waters without permission from the… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“New Rule: Oil companies must stop with the advertisements implying they're friends of the environment. "At Exxon Mobil, we care about a… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The world has paid a heavy price for the lack of democracy in most of the Middle East. Operation Ajax [CIA code… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
![“Republican hawks like John McCain and Lindsey Graham who are very skeptical of [Rex Tillerson]. At the same time the Democrats will portray him as a climate criminal because he heads a big oil company. So, he'll be in for really tough confirmation hearings.” quote by Rich Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cdc/rich-lowry-12149_big-oil_republican-hawks-like-john-mccain-and-li_2431783.jpg)
![“We've run out of good projects. This is not a money issue... If these oil companies had fantastic projects, they'd be out there [developing new fields].” quote by Matthew Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/150/matthew-simmons-83098_company_we-ve-run-out-of-good-projects-this-is-n_1770809.jpg)
![“The climate, financial and national security crises are all connected. They share the same cause: Our [the USA's] absurd dependency on foreign oil. As long as we need to spend billions of dollars each year to buy foreign oil from state-run oil companies in the Persian Gulf, our problems of a trade…” quote by Al Gore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8d7/al-gore-609_absurd_the-climate-financial-and-national-secur_489028.jpg)
![“The world has paid a heavy price for the lack of democracy in most of the Middle East. Operation Ajax [CIA code for the August 1953 coup] taught tyrants and aspiring tyrants there that the world's most powerful governments were willing to tolerate limitless oppression as long as oppressive regimes…” quote by Stephen Kinzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3b6/stephen-kinzer-2514_ajax_the-world-has-paid-a-heavy-price-for-the_2256735.jpg)