Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better. Dick Cheney More Quotes by Dick Cheney More Quotes From Dick Cheney We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary. Dick Cheney responsibilityusefaces It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the way we did before 9/11, and then looking at 9/11 and saying, 'This is not a criminal act,' not when you destroy 16 acres of Manhattan, kill 3,000 Americans, blow a big hole in the Pentagon. That's an act of war. Dick Cheney blowmindwar I was in end stage heart failure, liver and kidneys shutting down, and on an emergency basis they went in and planted a pump in my chest. It was battery operated. That kept me alive for 20 months and that got me to the transplant. And I wake up every morning now with a smile on my face, thankful for the gift of another day I never expected to see. Dick Cheney batteriesheartmorning I worked for George Bush. I'm proud to have worked for him. I think that a lot of the most controversial things we did, that people didn't like and - and criticized us for, things like the terror surveillance program or the enhanced interrogation techniques, were things that allowed us to save lives. Dick Cheney interrogation-techniquespeoplethinking In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job. Dick Cheney asking-questionshelljobs I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; "consistent" is not one of them. Dick Cheney iraqconsistentthinking I think Barack Obama is a one-term President. Dick Cheney usapresidentthinking Like many Americans, I've always been intrigued by Bill Clinton. I obviously didn't always agree with him - enjoyed running against his legacy in 2000, when Al Gore was his designated successor, but I don't have anything negative I would say about Bill Clinton. Dick Cheney billsrunningnegative 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. Dick Cheney graduationinspirationalfunny Direct threats require decisive action. Dick Cheney decisive-actionthreataction 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 doneyearsthinking Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy. Dick Cheney environmentalenergymay Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual - America sees two John Kerrys. Dick Cheney mutualtwoamerica 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 unemploymentmistakethinking In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has been one vote of a hundred in the United States Senate - and fortunately on matters of national security, he was very often in the minority. Dick Cheney minoritiesunited-statesyears 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 technologytogetherpeople I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum. Dick Cheney politicalpeoplethinking If the Democratic policies had been pursued over the last two or three years... we would not have had the kind of job growth we've had. Dick Cheney jobstwoyears [In response to the question "Do you think that you underestimated the insurgency's strength?"] I think so. I guess if I look back on it now, I don't think anybody anticipated the level of violence that we've encountered. Dick Cheney violencelooksthinking 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 viewsmeanpeople
