--- title: "14 Oil Quotes By Hugo Chavez" description: "14 Oil quotes by Hugo Chavez. Plus more from Hugo Chavez and more Oil sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/hugo-chavez-2598_climate_what-is-the-u-s-government-looking-for-a_599773.png" --- > [What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? They're looking for oil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/what-is-the-u-s-government-looking-for-and-the-elite-governing-this/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/hugo-chavez-2598_climate_what-is-the-u-s-government-looking-for-a_599773.png) > [Venezuela has the largest oil reserve, and Venezuela has to defend itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/venezuela-has-the-largest-oil-reserve-and-venezuela-has-to-defend/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/327/hugo-chavez-2598_defend_venezuela-has-the-largest-oil-reserve-an_2966121.png) > [Venezuela is supporting tens of thousands of poor families in the United States with heating oil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/venezuela-is-supporting-tens-of-thousands-of-poor-families-in-the/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/hugo-chavez-2598_families_venezuela-is-supporting-tens-of-thousand_2540387.png) > [The problem is not the oil, but what they do with the oil. The United States is the biggest spender of oil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/the-problem-is-not-the-oil-but-what-they-do-with-the-oil-the-united/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63d/hugo-chavez-2598_biggest_the-problem-is-not-the-oil-but-what-they_534704.png) > [The world should forget about cheap oil. The price will keep going up and some day arrive at US$100 per barrel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/the-world-should-forget-about-cheap-oil-the-price-will-keep-going-up/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/hugo-chavez-2598_barrels_the-world-should-forget-about-cheap-oil_275741.png) > [I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/i-m-not-giving-away-oil-for-free-just-using-oil-first-to-benefit-our/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/hugo-chavez-2598_benefits_i-m-not-giving-away-oil-for-free-just-us_3129443.png) > [If the United States was mad enough to attack Iran or aggress Venezuela again the price of a barrel of oil could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/if-the-united-states-was-mad-enough-to-attack-iran-or-aggress/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d40/hugo-chavez-2598_barrels_if-the-united-states-was-mad-enough-to-a_1727206.png) > [The United States is the biggest spender of oil and of all the planet resources. Oil is a very valuable resource for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/the-united-states-is-the-biggest-spender-of-oil-and-of-all-the-planet/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/hugo-chavez-2598_climate_the-united-states-is-the-biggest-spender_706372.png) > [The U.S. only has 20 billion barrels of oil in reserve. It seems as though there is no more oil around. Venezuela…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/the-u-s-only-has-20-billion-barrels-of-oil-in-reserve-it-seems-as/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/hugo-chavez-2598_around_the-u-s-only-has-20-billion-barrels-of-o_2781726.jpg) > [For a hundred years we have been one of the largest oil-producing countries in the world but with a 60 percent poverty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/for-a-hundred-years-we-have-been-one-of-the-largest-oil-producing/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/hugo-chavez-2598_country_for-a-hundred-years-we-have-been-one-of_2685217.png) > [The revolution will survive. It does not rely solely on oil for its survival. There is a national will, there is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/the-revolution-will-survive-it-does-not-rely-solely-on-oil-for-its/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c64/hugo-chavez-2598_doe_the-revolution-will-survive-it-does-not_1239089.png) > [Oil is a very valuable resource for life - electric heaters. We must have to transition ourselves to a post-oil era. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/oil-is-a-very-valuable-resource-for-life-electric-heaters-we-must/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/hugo-chavez-2598_assuming_oil-is-a-very-valuable-resource-for-life_2459483.png) > [Venezuela has the biggest oil reserves in the world. And the biggest gas reserves in this hemisphere, the eighth in the world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/venezuela-has-the-biggest-oil-reserves-in-the-world-and-the-biggest/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/hugo-chavez-2598_colony_venezuela-has-the-biggest-oil-reserves-i_1508801.png) > [We also exchange oil for software technology. Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/we-also-exchange-oil-for-software-technology-uruguay-is-one-of-the/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/hugo-chavez-2598_believe_we-also-exchange-oil-for-software-techno_64018.jpg) ## Other authors on Oil ## More by Hugo Chavez > [The president of the United States of North America, George W. Bush, the little gentleman of the North, the political cadaver that is visiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/the-president-of-the-united-states-of-north-america-george-w-bush-the/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [Mutual respect! That's what it takes to be friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/mutual-respect-that-s-what-it-takes-to-be-friends/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [We also exchange oil for software technology. Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/we-also-exchange-oil-for-software-technology-uruguay-is-one-of-the/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [Venezuela, with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, is a full member of Mercosur. And many other Latin American countries, CARICOM, Bolivia have expressed their support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/venezuela-with-brazil-argentina-paraguay-uruguay-is-a-full-member-of/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [The immoral veto of the United States allowed the Israelis, with impunity, to destroy Lebanon. Right in front of all of us as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/the-immoral-veto-of-the-united-states-allowed-the-israelis-with/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [Every factory must be a school to educate, like Che Guevara said, to produce not only briquettes, steel, and aluminum, but also, above all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/every-factory-must-be-a-school-to-educate-like-che-guevara-said-to/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [Venezuela has changed forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/venezuela-has-changed-forever/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [When we were children, we were told that we have a motherland, and that motherland was Spain. However, we have discovered later, in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/when-we-were-children-we-were-told-that-we-have-a-motherland-and-that/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [I wish Obama would focus on governing the United States and would forget his country's imperialist pretensions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/i-wish-obama-would-focus-on-governing-the-united-states-and-would/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [When imperialism feels weak, it resorts to brute force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/when-imperialism-feels-weak-it-resorts-to-brute-force/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [I neglected my health, and I was reluctant to have medical check-ups. It was a fundamental mistake for a revolutionary, to the Venezuelan people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/i-neglected-my-health-and-i-was-reluctant-to-have-medical-check-ups/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [The world should forget about cheap oil. The price will keep going up and some day arrive at US$100 per barrel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/the-world-should-forget-about-cheap-oil-the-price-will-keep-going-up/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [As Chomsky says here, clearly and in depth, the American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its system of domination. And we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/as-chomsky-says-here-clearly-and-in-depth-the-american-empire-is/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [Simon Bolivar is the leader of the revolution of this land. He is the leader of the social revolution, the people's revolution, the historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/simon-bolivar-is-the-leader-of-the-revolution-of-this-land-he-is-the/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) > [I've learned to appreciate the thinking of John Kennedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/i-ve-learned-to-appreciate-the-thinking-of-john-kennedy/) [Hugo Chavez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-chavez/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oil/hugo-chavez/#itemlist", "name": "14 Oil Quotes By Hugo Chavez", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? 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Our oil is helping the poor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hugo Chavez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-chavez/venezuela-has-the-biggest-oil-reserves-in-the-world-and-the-biggest/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/hugo-chavez-2598_colony_venezuela-has-the-biggest-oil-reserves-i_1508801.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/hugo-chavez-2598_colony_venezuela-has-the-biggest-oil-reserves-i_1508801.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/hugo-chavez-2598_colony_venezuela-has-the-biggest-oil-reserves-i_1508801.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Venezuela has the biggest oil reserves in the world. 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