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I think our dependence on foreign oil is a real problem, potential Achilles heel, and we have to do something about it.

— Condoleezza Rice

I did not think so at first. But the US is so incredibly dependent on oil, that they wanted to secure oil in case…

— Hans Blix

State oil companies in Saudi Arabia, Africa, Iran, and Mexico have often been intelligence targets for the United States.

— David E. Sanger

If you think Wall Street firms have it good, you haven't looked closely at Big Oil.

— Jeff Goodell

I believe America's chief strategic vulnerability is our dependence on imported petroleum.

— Marcy Kaptur

This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our nation. The energy crisis is real. It is…

— Jimmy Carter

There are going to be questions about what major oil companies are doing with all of the resources they're accumulating. They can't escape that.

— Pete Domenici

Oil runs America and it's the sad reality.

— Cristian Machado

The current oil crisis has not been produced by the oil companies. It is a result of governmental mismanagement exacerbated by the Mideast war.

— Milton Friedman

The U.S. now imports over half of its oil supply from the Middle East. This dangerous dependence on foreign energy sources is an issue…

— Kenny Marchant

It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame.

— Sherman Alexie

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

— Jay Inslee