Dick Cheney Quotes - Page 5

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• President Bush gave me a tremendous opportunity to serve as the vice president. I enjoyed very much having the opportunity to be a part of his team. He told me at the outset, he wanted me to sign on to be a part of his team - and he was true to his word, kept it. He was tough. He was decisive. He was also a pretty good politician.

  Dick Cheney

  Team, Opportunity, President

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• We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads, but we need to do a lot more work in order to be - to deploy a system that'll defend the United States against those kinds of limited strikes that might be possible by a nuclear armed North Korea or Iran.

  Dick Cheney

  Iran, Order, Korea

  "Kudlow Report" with Larry Kudlow, www.nationalreview.com. May 28, 2009.

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• The greatest threat now is a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but with a nuclear weapon in the middle of one of our own cities...there's a high probability of such an attempt.

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  Cities, Groups, Nuclear

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• The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.

  Dick Cheney

  Peace, War, Mind

  "Cheney in Charge". www.washingtonpost.com. October 24, 2006.

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• If we're successful in Iraq ... we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11.

  Dick Cheney

  War, Heart, Successful

  "Meet the Press" with Mr. Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. September 7, 2003.

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• I do not believe the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress before committing US forces to achieve our objectives in the Gulf.

  Dick Cheney

  War, Believe, President

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• One of the problems we have as a government is our inability to keep secrets. And it costs us, in terms of our relationship with other governments, in terms of the willingness of other intelligence services to work with us, in terms of revealing sources and methods. And all of those elements enter into some of these leaks.

  Dick Cheney

  Work, Intelligent, Government

  Interview with Brit Hume, www.washingtonpost.com. February 15, 2006.

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• Another argument holds that opposing Saddam Hussein would cause even greater troubles in that part of the world, and interfere with the larger war against terror. I believe the opposite is true.

  Dick Cheney

  War, Believe, Opposites

  Address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars 103rd National Convention, delivered 26 August 2002, Nashville, Tennessee

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• I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, Iraq, People

  Interview with Larry King, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 16, 2009.

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• A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues.

  Dick Cheney

  Years, Issues, Presidential

  Dick Cheney at Vice President Debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cnn.com. October 7, 2004.

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• As Vice President one of the things I spend time on is the continuity of government; that's the main reason I'm here is a back up for the President if anything happens to him.

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  Time, Government, President

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• His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists.

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  Iraq, Training, Levels

  Dick Cheney's speech at the Air National Guard Senior Leadership Conference in Denver, Colorado, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. December 2, 2002.

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• Whoever controls the flow of Persian Gulf oil has a stranglehold not only on our economy but also on the other countries of the world as well.

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  Country, Countries Of The World, Usa

  "The real reasons Bush went to war" by John Chapman, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2004.

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• With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People...ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to.

  Dick Cheney

  Mean, Views, People

  Remarks & Q&A, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. August 24, 2004.

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• Because if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again, that we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States, and that we'll fall back into the pre-9/11 mind set if you will, that in fact these terrorist attacks are just criminal acts, and that we're not really at war. I think that would be a terrible mistake for us.

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  War, Mistake, Fall

  Dick Cheney's speech at a Town Hall Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. September 7, 2004.

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• The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists for the most part.

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  Mean, People, Important

  "Vice President Dick Cheney Talks With Sean Hannity". "Hannity & Colmes" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. June 13, 2005.

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• It's a tougher program for tougher customers.

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  Program, Customers

  "Daily Show: Globetrotting, vacation records show Bush 'cannot stand' White House". www.rawstory.com. August 6, 2008.

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• In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job.

  Dick Cheney

  Jobs, Asking Questions, Hell

  "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. September 14, 2003.

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• I think Barack Obama is a one-term President.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, Usa, President

  "ABC's Claire Shipman Worries About 'Republican-edgy' Tone of CPAC, GOP's 'Big Tent Problem'". www.newsbusters.org. February 19, 2010.

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• From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 1 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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• Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam Hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

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  Kuwait, Iraq, Decision

  "Two Americas?", www.motherjones.com. March 19, 2004.

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• It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than that. But I think it's a - very special tribute that we all owe to the bravery and courage of the men and women in the intelligence and military business who performed so well to finally get it done.

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  Military, Men, Thinking

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• I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; "consistent" is not one of them.

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  Thinking, Iraq, Consistent

  Dick Cheney during Vice-Presidential Debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cnn.com. October 7, 2004.

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• I did my 40 years in Washington, 40-plus, and it's time to pause and reflect and think about what I've seen and done.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, Years, Done

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• Westerners know the difference between a talker and the real deal. If Rick Perry wasn't right to be governor of Texas, why should he be president?

  Dick Cheney

  Real, Differences, Texas

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