"Didn't we secure the oil fields? Aren't we a capitalist country anymore? Can't we sidestep OPEC now? Can't we at least, somewhere in the midst of deception, half-truths and outright lies, catch an honest break? If we're going to fight for a cause that isn't known, get fired on by our own weapons, and get screwed out of our benefits, then at least for God's sake give us something concrete to say we fought for--even if it's as trivial as being able to fill our gas tanks for 98 cents a gallon." -- Sgt. Garth Talbott, 82nd Airborn Division, Iraq, commenting on a photo in Stars and Stripes Magazine of a sign at a gas station in the US showing gasoline selling for $2.07 a gallon.

 
"Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice."
—Lord Acton, quoted by US Federal District Court Judge Wolf