Dick Cheney Quotes - Page 2

I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

I think the decision that's been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one.

The issue is that [Saddam] has chemical weapons.

My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.

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.

We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing history's latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power.

My own personal view is that people ought to have the right to enter into any kind of relationship they want to enter into. With respect to how that's affected or regulated by the State, those are State decisions. Different States are likely to make different decisions based upon their own wishes and desire of the people of the State, and that's perfectly acceptable.

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.

That's the nature of the intelligence business. You have to work with what you can get your hands on, but it is.. and in fact it's more an art form than it is a science, and you have to continually work the problem, continually try.

I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I would see.

I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful life. And I don't believe that my heart disease changed me for the worst.

I'm more concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few that in fact were innocent.

In Iraq, a ruthless dictator cultivated weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. He gave support to terrorists, had an established relationship with al Qaeda, and his regime is no more.

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

You know, I've got experiences going back to the wage price controls in the Nixon administration where, in effect, we had what I think was a terrible mistake, in that case a Republican administration, where moved in and tried to control the wages, prices and profits of every enterprise in America. It was a huge mistake.

I think we need a very, very serious effort, primarily through tax policy to provide incentives and encouragement for people to save and invest and expand their businesses and to create more jobs. The kind of thing we did in the early Reagan years, 30 years ago. I think that's essential.

You really do think about it institutionally; this is your job, and to some extent you benefit from having a job to do at a moment like this. You have things that you have to make happen. And you don't have time for the emotional reaction that might otherwise occur if somebody was just sitting there watching these events unfold and had no responsibilities.

I think we may well have some kind of presence there over a period of time... The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

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

I think I was able to survive five heart attacks because I never postponed going to the hospital when something didn't feel right.

You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations.

You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents.

Under our plan you can build wealth, even if you don't have a dollar to spare.

We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary.

I have argued in the past, and would again, if we had been able to pre-empt the attacks of 9/11 would we have done it? And I think absolutely. We have to be prepared now to take the kind of bold action that's being contemplated with respect to Iraq in order to ensure that we don't get hit with a devastating attack when the terrorists' organization gets married up with a rogue state that's willing to provide it with the kinds of deadly capabilities that Saddam Hussein has developed and used over the years.