The crude oil market, unlike every other commodity in America, is virtually unregulated.

Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas.

The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.

About 75 percent of the crude oil marketed here is sold off the books, and they are doing trades that would be illegal if it was a regulated market, and of course they do not want to regulate it.

In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there.

The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years.

It was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda who attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001, not Saddam Hussein and Iraq.

Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq.

There is no free market in oil.

Insecurity is failing the American people miserably.

Given the large size of the illegal harvest, ... I find it difficult to understand how this could have been a casual oversight.

Moving continuously forward doesn’t necessarily get us to where we want to be, just somewhere other than where we started.

Death is easy. To live is the most painful thing I could imagine and I'm weak and no longer willing to fight.

Natural laws admit of no exceptions.

oYu begin with other people's stories and end up with your own.

It should be easy for a man who's strong to say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong.

To me, meditation is simply silencing or focusing the mind.

It's important to adhere to the principles of a large group of people that truly believe these principles, and if they believe them, then that's good enough for me.

We learn by teaching.

I wanna explain something about the title 'Yeezus', simply put 'West' was my slave name and 'Yeezus' is my God name.

There'll be two dates on your tombstone and all your friends will read 'em but all that's gonna matter is that little dash between 'em.