Opec Quote by Andrew Feinstein

“Unwilling to borrow substantially from abroad, the Saudis’ profligate arms spending was under threat. Some of the equipment bought under the first phase of…

— Andrew Feinstein

Look, I don't think President Obama would have bowed to the ruler of Saudi Arabia if he didn't have oil to the degree that…

— Anonymous

Saudi Arabia supplies much oil to the U.S. And it is the world's largest consumer of American weaponry.

— Stephen Kinzer

Saudi Arabia is a very responsible country. For decades, we used our oil policy as responsible economic tool and isolated it from politics.

— Khalid A. Al-Falih

We clearly need to break our addiction on Saudi Arabian oil that is a security threat to the United States.

— Jay Inslee

In truth, every American administration since that of Franklin D. Roosevelt has maintained close ties with the Saudi rulers, and for a single, simple…

— Michael Mandelbaum

We have developed a case of oil addiction in Saudi Arabia.

— Mohammad bin Salman

Bin Laden was completely protected by the oil companies in this country who told [President] Bush not to go after him because it would…

— Oliver Stone

The Saudi government uses a lot of British equipment to suppress their own people. But we're happy for our politicians to go on advertising…

— Paul Conroy

We can no longer allow Americas dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security. Instead, we must invest in inventing new ways to…

— Senator John Kerry

For the U.S., the primary interest is our continued access to Saudi Arabian oil in adequate quantities... at an acceptable political as well as…

— William E. Simon

Successive American presidents have turned a blind eye to piles of evidence that Saudi money is being used to foment holy war against America.

— Stephen Kinzer