Dick Cheney
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.Collection: Believe
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.Collection: Views
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.Collection: War
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.Collection: Art
I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I would see.Collection: Morning
I'm more concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few that in fact were innocent.Collection: Guy
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.Collection: Stupid
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.Collection: Jobs
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.Collection: Jobs
Under our plan you can build wealth, even if you don't have a dollar to spare.Collection: Dollars
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.Collection: Past
I think it's fair to say you can't predict a straight line to victory. You know, there'll be good days and bad days along the way.Collection: Good Day
I think the decision that's been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one.Collection: Military
I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11.Collection: Iraq
I think, in fact, the situation with respect to al Qaeda, to say that, you know, that was a big attack we had on 9/11, but it's not likely again, I just think that's dead wrong. I think the biggest strategic threat the United States faces today is the possibility of another 9/11 with a nuclear weapon or a biological agent of some kind. And I think al Qaeda is out there even as we meet, trying to figure out how to do that.Collection: Thinking
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.Collection: Work
The Middle East with two thirds of the world's oil and lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies.Collection: Lying
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.Collection: Mean
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.Collection: War
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.Collection: Mean
I have not seen Al Gore's movie.Collection: Als
We haven't really had the time yet to pore through all those records in Baghdad. We'll find ample evidence confirming the link, that is the connection if you will between al Qaida and the Iraqi intelligence services. They have worked together on a number of occasions.Collection: Intelligence Services
I support the President's plan to amend the Constitution, banning same-sex marriage.Collection: Sex
I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; "consistent" is not one of them.Collection: Thinking
As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had.Collection: Thinking
I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world.Collection: War
Europeans know that their great experiment in building peace, unity and prosperity cannot survive as a privileged enclave, surrounded on its outskirts by breeding grounds of hatred and fanaticism.Collection: Hatred
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.Collection: Rights
I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror.Collection: Iraq
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.Collection: Country
We believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.Collection: Believe
You know, in this business, you don't have any control over what the press says and how they portray things. And that's their prerogative. But I think anybody who looks at it objectively has trouble making the case that somehow this is a bad economy.Collection: Thinking
I think President Obama is going to be a one-term president.Collection: Thinking
The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes, bugs or gas. That was the threat after 9/11 and when we took down Saddam Hussein we eliminated Iraq as a potential source of that.Collection: Mass Destruction
There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government.Collection: Government
Saddam Hussein had a lengthy history of reckless and sudden aggression. He cultivated ties to terror -- hosting the Abu Nidal organization, supporting terrorists, and making payments to the families of suicide bombers. He also had an established relationship with Al Qaida -- providing training to Al Qaida members in areas of poisons, gases and conventional bombs. He built, possessed, and used weapons of mass destruction.Collection: Suicide
Instead, the terrorists see just what they were hoping for, our unity gone, our resolve shaken, our leaders distracted. In short, they see weakness and opportunity.Collection: Opportunity
The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.Collection: Peace
...And while everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action and for their families, it wasn't a cheap war. And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.Collection: Military
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 citizenCollection: Country
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.Collection: War
I do not believe the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress before committing US forces to achieve our objectives in the Gulf.Collection: War
Obviously, it's a big problem how do we provide quality care to the maximum number of people. And it's not an easy problem to solve.Collection: Maximum Number
You wake up every morning with a smile on your face because you've got a new day you never expected to have. And there's a sense of wonderment. Nothing short of magical.Collection: Morning
I got sick, hospitalized, had no insurance. And the money I had saved for our honeymoon went to pay medical bills. So I had been in the position of not having insurance when I needed health care.Collection: Medical Bills
I feel very strongly that the significance of 9/11 cannot be underestimated. It forces us to think in new ways about strategy, about national security, about how we structure our forces and about how we use U.S. military power.Collection: Military
I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. But I also believe that gay and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples, those who have been in long-term relationships, deserve to be treated respectfully, they deserve to have benefits.Collection: Couple
After 9/11, it became clear that we [the United States] had to do several things to have a successful strategy to win the global war on terror, specifically that we had to go after the terrorists wherever we might find them, that we also had to go after state sponsors of terror, those who might provide sanctuary or safe harbor for terror.Collection: War
We need, from time to time, to use military force or all of the resources at our command in order to defend the nation and defend our friends. Sometimes, that requires us to take actions that generate controversy. I think there are probably some who actually believe, if we just go talk nice to these folks, everything is going to be OK. I don't think the world works that way.Collection: Military