“In the U.S. I think there are really two reasons we should pursue energy policy. One is climate change, and the second is this notion that the oil market is cartel-ized by people, some of whom are friendly, some of whom are not, some of whom are in a more ambivalent position to us.”

“Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.”