James Woolsey [1941-0] American Rank: 111 Public Servant
Car, Respect, War
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We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are. | Car | 101American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism. | War | 102As we move toward a new Middle East, over the years and, I think, over the decades to come, we will make a lot of people very nervous. | | 103We've got jihadists. That doesn't mean that all Muslims are problems with respect to terrorism, but there is something going on here. We've got a problem dealing with one aspect of one portion of modern Islam - just as hundreds of years ago the world had a problem with Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition. | Respect | 104Look, 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 the Saudis do. I think they and other producing states, almost all of whom, except Norway and Canada, are dictatorships or autocratic systems, have thrown their weight around because of oil. | | 105If you own a chemical plant and leak a little benzene, you're in big trouble because everyone knows how carcinogenic it is. But coming out of a tailpipe? The government never does anything about that. | | 106We need to move away from oil, period. | | 107Well, just as the Supreme Court follows the election returns, you can bet that the bureaucracy does as well. | | 108My family, we're all WASPs. | | 109Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers. | | 110 | | | | | | | | | |
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