Energy Quote by Noam Chomsky

The United States invaded Iraq to gain control of one of the major sources of the world's energy.

— Noam Chomsky

The United States is the biggest spender of oil and of all the planet resources. Oil is a very valuable resource for life -…

— Hugo Chavez

If you want to control the world you need to control the oil. Therefore the destruction of Iraq is a prerequisite to controlling oil.…

— Saddam Hussein

...by serving as the dominant power in the Gulf, WE maintain a 'stranglehold' over the economies of other nations. This gives us extraordinary leverage…

— Michael Klare

But the key thing is that Iraq, while it's got very large oil reserves, has marginalized itself as an oil exporter and these days…

— Daniel Yergin

With only 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, oil isn't enough. This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source…

— Barack Obama

The Iraq War is largely about oil.

— Alan Greenspan

By curious accident of history and geography, the world's major energy resources are located pretty much in Shiite regions. They're a minority in the…

— Noam Chomsky

All that (Mr. Bush) wants is Iraqi oil.

— Nelson Mandela

Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and its a very important part of helping change the Middle East into a…

— George W. Bush

Controlled Middle East oil, it would control the world. This oil represents 65 percent of world oil reserves. Therefore, America believes if it squashed…

— Saddam Hussein

President Obama and our all-of-the-above energy strategy is the real deal. We are proud of the fact that we are importing less oil than…

— Ken Salazar