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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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

  Dick Cheney

  Cities, Groups, Nuclear

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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.

  Dick Cheney

  Time, Government, President

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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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• Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual - America sees two John Kerrys.

  Dick Cheney

  Two, America, Mutual

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

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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.

  Dick Cheney

  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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• If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to reduce unemployment. So I think it's a serious mistake; the wrong time to raise taxes.

  Dick Cheney

  Mistake, Thinking, Unemployment

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

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• It used to be you needed to have a very large sophisticated state before you could even have a nuclear weapon... Now the technology is widespread enough. It doesn't take very many people to be able to cobble together a devastating attack, and all it takes is one.

  Dick Cheney

  Technology, People, Together

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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.

  Dick Cheney

  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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• No, I’ve always been impressed with the tremendous resilience of the American economy. I think over the years, over the decades, it’s demonstrated this tremendous ability to take severe body blows, if you will, and bounce back.

  Dick Cheney

  Blow, Thinking, Years

  "My Interview with Dick Cheney". Interview with Larry Kudlow, www.nationalreview.com. May 28, 2009.

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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

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• I think President Obama is going to be a one-term president.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, President, President Obama

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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.

  Dick Cheney

  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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• 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

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• Unfortunately, we don't have the option of marriage in our country. We could go to Britain or Spain or Argentina and do something symbolic, but that's not what I want. I want to have the rights of anybody else in my home country. I don't want to be a second-class citizen

  Dick Cheney

  Country, Home, Gay

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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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• The days of looking the other way while despotic regimes trample human rights, rob their nations' wealth, and then excuse their failings by feeding their people a steady diet of anti-Western hatred are over.

  Dick Cheney

  Rights, People, Hatred

  2004 Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 24 Jan.

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• How could any responsible leader have ignored the Iraqi threat? If we had not acted, Saddam Hussein and his sons would still be in power.

  Dick Cheney

  Son, Leader, Hussein

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