Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by James Woolsey

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American public servant James Woolsey.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Robert James Woolsey Jr. is an American politician. He headed the Central Intelligence Agency from February 5, 1993, until January 10, 1995. He held a variety of government positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including as United States Under Secretary of the Navy from 1977 to 1979, and was involved in treaty negotiations with the Soviet Union for five years in the 1980s. His career also included time as a professional lawyer, venture capitalist and investor in the private sector.

American - Public Servant | Born: September 21, 1941

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Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers.

James Woolsey

American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism.

James Woolsey

We'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.

James Woolsey

If 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.

James Woolsey

We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are.

James Woolsey

We need to move away from oil, period.

James Woolsey

Look, 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.

James Woolsey

My family, we're all WASPs.

James Woolsey

As 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.

James Woolsey

Well, just as the Supreme Court follows the election returns, you can bet that the bureaucracy does as well.

James Woolsey