Political Quotes

“this particular agreement is an important one for a number of reasons. One, the United States and Oman have been friends in a formal way for almost 100 years. The Sultanate of Oman occupies an important geopolitical location in the world, which has become even more meaningful in recent times. Oman has shown its true friendship to the United States because of the adage: ``A friend in need is a friend indeed.'' And Oman has been a friend in the Middle Eastern portion of the world when we needed a friend indeed. In addition to that, this free trade agreement is significant in the advancement of opening trade in a number of areas very quickly, sort of a solid, leading-edge kind of agreement that we would like to see in a number of other countries around the world. One of the remarks that might be made is, Oman, Oman, let me double- check, take a look at an atlas or the globe, and then ask, to what extent are we dealing with significant trade with the United States? The answer is, the United States is the world's largest importer and the world's largest exporter, so when you measure significance of trade, sometimes you would ask yourself not what the impact is on the United States, but what the impact would be on the country in which we are entering into this free trade agreement. And to Oman, I believe it is extremely important as it continues to modernize itself under the Sultan and continues to extend freedoms and liberties to its people. Yes, it is oil rich.…”