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Western governments should bear their responsibilities toward the welfare of their people and not try to make oil producers pay the costs

— Mohammad Khatami

People tend to cherish and take care of the things they pay for and therefore own, countries included. The opposite is also true. When…

— Tucker Carlson

Kuwait - they live like kings. The poorest person in Kuwait, they live like kings. And yet, they're not paying. America makes it possible…

— Donald Trump

What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this…

— Olusegun Obasanjo

The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not totally.

— Andrew Gould

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.

— George W. Bush

Energy companies, such as Chevron and Shell, and oil producing countries, such as Kuwait and Venezuela, pump crude oil from their vast land holdings…

— Gary Miller

It makes no sense to have oil if to get it out you have to let the multinationals come and take it.

— Alberto Fernandez

... Member Countries shall take necessary action and/or shall establish negotiations, individually or in groups, with the oil companies with a view to adopting…

— Richard M. Nixon

People understand we have a dependence upon foreign oil. What they do not understand and find incredibly ridiculous is that we import refined product…

— John Shimkus

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

I am not against oil multinationals. What I am saying is that you end up going to them when you are not able to…

— Alberto Fernandez