Latest Dick Cheney Quotes from Interviews

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• Remember, success for a politician is 50% plus one. You don't have to have everybody on board.

  Dick Cheney

  Remember, Politician

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

• One of the worst things we could do is start to act now as though the attack of 9/11 is a thing of the past and will never be repeated. That's just not true.

  Dick Cheney

  Past, Worst

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• The threat is there. It's very real and it's continuing. And what the Obama people are doing, in effect, is saying, well, we don't need those tough policies that we had. That says either they didn't work, which we know is not the case - they did work, they kept us safe for seven years - or that now somehow the threat's gone away. There's no longer a threat out there, we don't have to be as tough and aggressive as the Bush administration was.

  Dick Cheney

  Real, People, Tough

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• I think there's - the assumption seems to predominate on the other side that the reason there's been problems in the world is because of U.S. activity, U.S. conduct. We're the bad guys.We're the ones that lead people to become terrorists. We're the ones that generate the kind of criticism that has given al Qaeda an excuse to come attack the United States.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, People, Guy

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• After 9/11 we were prepared to use military force. We were prepared to go after not only the terrorists, but those who sponsor terror and provide sanctuary and safe harbor for them. We were prepared to use our intelligence assets the way we would against an enemy that threatened the United States itself, to put in place, for example, things like the Terror Surveillance Program and to have a robust interrogation program on detainees. Those are the acts you take when you feel you're at war and that the very existence of the nation is threatened.

  Dick Cheney

  War, Military, Enemy

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• Once we got hit by - on 9/11 and lost 3,000 people that day, we recognized, and it was one of the key decisions President Bush made, that this is not a law enforcement problem, it is a strategic threat to the United States. It's a war. And based on that, we then adopted a whole set of policies that flowed out of that proposition.

  Dick Cheney

  War, People, Decision

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• I'm one of those people who believes that part of the greatness of the United States is our private sector. It's what we do as private citizens for ourselves and our companies. And our economy is essentially the wonder of the world because, in fact, it's produced so much for us over the years.

  Dick Cheney

  Believe, Greatness, People

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• I worry that we're seeing a situation- Obama's administration not only committing us the huge deficits for the future, but is also redefining the relationship between government, on the one hand, and the private sector on the other.

  Dick Cheney

  Worry

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• I worry very much that we're in a situation now where there doesn't appear to be any limitation whatsoever in terms of the spending commitments that Obama's administration wants to make. Vast expansion in terms of the deficit, but it also says a lot about what they intend for the role of government in the society.

  Dick Cheney

  Commitment, Worry, Situation

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• I've been criticized because I've had the temerity to speak out and done a couple of interviews since I left office. I don't find anything surprising about that. I don't say - I've been careful not to get personal in terms of my criticisms for my comment, but I think the issues are simply too important for the future of the nation for us to operate as though those of us who disagree somehow shouldn't speak out and be heard. I think we need to be heard.

  Dick Cheney

  Couple, Thinking, Office

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• Sarah Palin is an attractive candidate, but based on her background, she only was governor for what, two years. I don`t think she passed that test.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, Years, Two

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", www.msnbc.com. January 19, 2016.

• We need, from time to time, to use military force or all of the resources at our command in order to defend the nation and defend our friends. Sometimes, that requires us to take actions that generate controversy. I think there are probably some who actually believe, if we just go talk nice to these folks, everything is going to be OK. I don't think the world works that way.

  Dick Cheney

  Military, Nice, Believe

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. February 5, 2009.

• I feel very strongly that the significance of 9/11 cannot be underestimated. It forces us to think in new ways about strategy, about national security, about how we structure our forces and about how we use U.S. military power.

  Dick Cheney

  Military, Thinking, Use

  The vice presidential debate between Vice President Cheney and Sen. John Edwards, www.washingtonpost.com. October 5, 2004.

• I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. But I also believe that gay and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples, those who have been in long-term relationships, deserve to be treated respectfully, they deserve to have benefits.

  Dick Cheney

  Couple, Believe, Gay

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• After 9/11, it became clear that we [the United States] had to do several things to have a successful strategy to win the global war on terror, specifically that we had to go after the terrorists wherever we might find them, that we also had to go after state sponsors of terror, those who might provide sanctuary or safe harbor for terror.

  Dick Cheney

  War, Successful, Winning

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• It's awfully hard to convey a sense of credibility to allies when you [the Congress] voted for the war and then you declared: Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time.

  Dick Cheney

  War, Allies, Congress

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

• I got sick, hospitalized, had no insurance. And the money I had saved for our honeymoon went to pay medical bills. So I had been in the position of not having insurance when I needed health care.

  Dick Cheney

  Medical Bills, Sick, Care

  "Dick Cheney reflects on how medical care kept him active despite heart disease". "PBS NewsHour" with Gwen Ifill, www.pbs.org. November 11, 2013.

• Obviously, it's a big problem how do we provide quality care to the maximum number of people. And it's not an easy problem to solve.

  Dick Cheney

  Maximum Number, Numbers, People

• We've had experiences where the president's been shot, but never had a situation where the vice president shot somebody.

  Dick Cheney

  President, Vices, Shots

  "Exclusive Interview With V.P. Dick Cheney". "Special Report" with Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. February 15, 2006.

• You wake up every morning with a smile on your face because you've got a new day you never expected to have. And there's a sense of wonderment. Nothing short of magical.

  Dick Cheney

  Morning, New Day, Wake Up

  "Dick Cheney's heart". Interview with Sanjay Gupta, www.cbsnews.com. October 20, 2013.