--- title: "18 Ifs Quotes By Dick Cheney" description: "18 Ifs quotes by Dick Cheney. Plus more from Dick Cheney and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/dick-cheney-1810_ifs_i-learned-early-on-that-if-you-don-t-wan_768291.jpg" --- > [I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble someday, just don't write any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-learned-early-on-that-if-you-don-t-want-your-memos-to-get-you-in/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/dick-cheney-1810_ifs_i-learned-early-on-that-if-you-don-t-wan_768291.jpg) > [I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-think-they-re-in-the-last-throes-if-you-will-of-the-insurgency/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/dick-cheney-1810_ifs_i-think-they-re-in-the-last-throes-if-yo_2152445.jpg) > [Principle is OK up to a certain point, but principle doesn't do any good if you lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/principle-is-ok-up-to-a-certain-point-but-principle-doesn-t-do-any/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/dick-cheney-1810_call-of-duty_principle-is-ok-up-to-a-certain-point-bu_437329.jpg) > [Under our plan you can build wealth, even if you don't have a dollar to spare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/under-our-plan-you-can-build-wealth-even-if-you-don-t-have-a-dollar/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/dick-cheney-1810_dollar_under-our-plan-you-can-build-wealth-even_161321.jpg) > [ \[In response to the question "Do you think that you underestimated the insurgency's strength?"\] I think so. I guess if I look… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/in-response-to-the-question-do-you-think-that-you-underestimated-the/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/dick-cheney-1810_ifs_in-response-to-the-question-do-you-think_74078.jpg) > [How could any responsible leader have ignored the Iraqi threat? If we had not acted, Saddam Hussein and his sons would still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/how-could-any-responsible-leader-have-ignored-the-iraqi-threat-if-we/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/dick-cheney-1810_hussein_how-could-any-responsible-leader-have-ig_2005328.jpg) > [As Vice President one of the things I spend time on is the continuity of government; that's the main reason I'm here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/as-vice-president-one-of-the-things-i-spend-time-on-is-the-continuity/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/dick-cheney-1810_continuity_as-vice-president-one-of-the-things-i-sp_1421008.jpg) > [I think we may well have some kind of presence there over a period of time... The level of activity that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-think-we-may-well-have-some-kind-of-presence-there-over-a-period-of/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/dick-cheney-1810_activity_i-think-we-may-well-have-some-kind-of-pr_222045.jpg) > [If we're successful in Iraq ... we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/if-we-re-successful-in-iraq-we-will-have-struck-a-major-blow-right-at/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/dick-cheney-1810_assault_if-we-re-successful-in-iraq-we-will-have_638371.jpg) > [If the Democratic policies had been pursued over the last two or three years... we would not have had the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/if-the-democratic-policies-had-been-pursued-over-the-last-two-or/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdd/dick-cheney-1810_democratic_if-the-democratic-policies-had-been-purs_2478888.jpg) > [What we did in Iraq was exactly the right thing to do. If I had it to recommend all over again, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/what-we-did-in-iraq-was-exactly-the-right-thing-to-do-if-i-had-it-to/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/dick-cheney-1810_action_what-we-did-in-iraq-was-exactly-the-righ_2569411.jpg) > [We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/we-have-to-deal-with-this-new-type-of-threat-in-a-way-we-haven-t-yet/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/dick-cheney-1810_al-qaeda_we-have-to-deal-with-this-new-type-of-th_3084432.jpg) > [We need, from time to time, to use military force or all of the resources at our command in order to defend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/we-need-from-time-to-time-to-use-military-force-or-all-of-the/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/dick-cheney-1810_action_we-need-from-time-to-time-to-use-militar_2405429.jpg) > [I have argued in the past, and would again, if we had been able to pre-empt the attacks of 9/11 would we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-have-argued-in-the-past-and-would-again-if-we-had-been-able-to-pre/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f7/dick-cheney-1810_able_i-have-argued-in-the-past-and-would-agai_1856240.jpg) > [We also have to work, though, sort of the dark side, if you will. We've got to spend time in the shadows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/we-also-have-to-work-though-sort-of-the-dark-side-if-you-will-we-ve/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbd/dick-cheney-1810_achieve_we-also-have-to-work-though-sort-of-the_951730.jpg) > [Because if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again, that we'll be hit in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/because-if-we-make-the-wrong-choice-then-the-danger-is-that-we-ll-get/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/dick-cheney-1810_choices_because-if-we-make-the-wrong-choice-then_1813889.jpg) > [We haven't really had the time yet to pore through all those records in Baghdad. We'll find ample evidence confirming the link,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/we-haven-t-really-had-the-time-yet-to-pore-through-all-those-records/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/301/dick-cheney-1810_als_we-haven-t-really-had-the-time-yet-to-po_1460000.jpg) > [You really do think about it institutionally; this is your job, and to some extent you benefit from having a job to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/you-really-do-think-about-it-institutionally-this-is-your-job-and-to/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/dick-cheney-1810_benefits_you-really-do-think-about-it-institution_2942700.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Dick Cheney > [A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/a-little-tough-talk-in-the-midst-of-a-campaign-or-as-part-of-a/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual - America sees two John Kerrys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/senator-kerry-says-he-sees-two-americas-it-makes-the-whole-thing/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [I am a deficit hawk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-am-a-deficit-hawk/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/we-know-he-s-been-absolutely-devoted-to-trying-to-acquire-nuclear/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [I think the decision that's been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-think-the-decision-that-s-been-made-with-respect-to-allowing-gays/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [ \[In response to the question "Do you think that you underestimated the insurgency's strength?"\] I think so. I guess if I look back on… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/in-response-to-the-question-do-you-think-that-you-underestimated-the/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/let-us-rid-ourselves-of-the-fiction-that-low-oil-prices-are-somehow/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're loading on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-think-we-need-to-significantly-reduce-the-regulatory-burden-on-the/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [I'm often asked why I left politics and went to Halliburton and I explain that I reached the point where I was mean-spirited, short-tempered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-m-often-asked-why-i-left-politics-and-went-to-halliburton-and-i/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [I do find that the mainstream media oftentimes is what I would consider off base or has a bias.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-do-find-that-the-mainstream-media-oftentimes-is-what-i-would/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-m-one-of-those-people-who-believes-that-part-of-the-greatness-of/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [I believe that we were not as effective in the second term dealing with this issue of nuclear none proliferation as we had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-believe-that-we-were-not-as-effective-in-the-second-term-dealing/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [Sarah Palin is an attractive candidate, but based on her background, she only was governor for what, two years. I don't think she passed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/sarah-palin-is-an-attractive-candidate-but-based-on-her-background/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/my-own-belief-is-that-the-way-we-grow-the-economy-create-jobs-create/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) > [From our perspective, trying to deal with this continuing campaign of terror, if you will, the war on terror that we're engaged in, this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/from-our-perspective-trying-to-deal-with-this-continuing-campaign-of/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/dick-cheney/#itemlist", "name": "18 Ifs Quotes By Dick Cheney", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble someday, just don't write any.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Cheney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-learned-early-on-that-if-you-don-t-want-your-memos-to-get-you-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/dick-cheney-1810_ifs_i-learned-early-on-that-if-you-don-t-wan_768291.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/dick-cheney-1810_ifs_i-learned-early-on-that-if-you-don-t-wan_768291.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/dick-cheney-1810_ifs_i-learned-early-on-that-if-you-don-t-wan_768291.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble someday, just don't write any.” — Dick Cheney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Cheney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-think-they-re-in-the-last-throes-if-you-will-of-the-insurgency/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/dick-cheney-1810_ifs_i-think-they-re-in-the-last-throes-if-yo_2152445.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/dick-cheney-1810_ifs_i-think-they-re-in-the-last-throes-if-yo_2152445.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/dick-cheney-1810_ifs_i-think-they-re-in-the-last-throes-if-yo_2152445.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.” — Dick Cheney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Principle is OK up to a certain point, but principle doesn't do any good if you lose.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Cheney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/principle-is-ok-up-to-a-certain-point-but-principle-doesn-t-do-any/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/dick-cheney-1810_call-of-duty_principle-is-ok-up-to-a-certain-point-bu_437329.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/dick-cheney-1810_call-of-duty_principle-is-ok-up-to-a-certain-point-bu_437329.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e4/dick-cheney-1810_call-of-duty_principle-is-ok-up-to-a-certain-point-bu_437329.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Principle is OK up to a certain point, but principle doesn't do any good if you lose.” — Dick Cheney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Under our plan you can build wealth, even if you don't have a dollar to spare.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Cheney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/under-our-plan-you-can-build-wealth-even-if-you-don-t-have-a-dollar/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/dick-cheney-1810_dollar_under-our-plan-you-can-build-wealth-even_161321.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/dick-cheney-1810_dollar_under-our-plan-you-can-build-wealth-even_161321.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56a/dick-cheney-1810_dollar_under-our-plan-you-can-build-wealth-even_161321.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Under our plan you can build wealth, even if you don't have a dollar to spare.” — Dick Cheney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[In response to the question \"Do you think that you underestimated the insurgency's strength?\"] I think so. 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