It will be necessary for us to be a nation of men, and not laws. Dick Cheney More Quotes by Dick Cheney More Quotes From Dick Cheney Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many. Dick Cheney expensespresident It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. Dick Cheney veterans-dayfreedomtaken I worship the ground Paul Ryan walks on. Dick Cheney walksworship I had other priorities in the sixties than military service. Dick Cheney prioritiesmilitarystupid My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. . . . I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . [in] weeks rather than months. Dick Cheney iraqwarthinking What we did in Iraq was exactly the right thing to do. If I had it to recommend all over again, I would recommend exactly the same course of action. Dick Cheney things-to-doiraqaction I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency. Dick Cheney stupidwarthinking The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats. Dick Cheney retreatforcemother We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing history's latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power. Dick Cheney september-11tryingway 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. Dick Cheney decisionviewspeople 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. Dick Cheney mass-destructionstupidmean We've never made the case, or argued the case, that somehow Osama Bin Laden was directly involved in 9/11. That evidence has never been forthcoming. Dick Cheney osama-bin-ladencasesmade 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. Dick Cheney encouragementjobsthinking 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. Dick Cheney intelligentworkart We have great information. They're going to welcome us. It'll be like the American Army going through the streets of Paris. They're sitting there ready to form a new government. The people will be so happy with their freedoms that we'll probably back ourselves out of there within a month or two. Dick Cheney streets-of-parisarmygovernment 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 alliescongresswar Reagan proved that deficits don't matter. Dick Cheney deficitmatter That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters. And I am a strong supporter of it. Dick Cheney nsaimportantstrong There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve. Dick Cheney hypedeceitgathering If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think the U.S. is justified in dealing with that, if necessary, by military force. Dick Cheney militarybelievethinking
