Two days ahead of schedule, the world witnessed the arrival of a free and sovereign Iraq. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
One of the worst things we could do is start to act now as though the attack of 9/11 is a thing… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
[Saddam Hussein is aggressively seeking nuclear and biological weapons and ] the United States may well become the target. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Instead, the terrorists see just what they were hoping for, our unity gone, our resolve shaken, our leaders distracted. In short, they… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
The relevance for 9/11 is that what 9/11 marked was the beginning of a struggle in which the terrorists come at us… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I mean, it's not just one day you get up, bang, and you got Osama bin Laden. It's the kind of thing… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes,… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
After 9/11, it became clear that we [the United States] had to do several things to have a successful strategy to win… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I think the key that happened on 9/11 is we went from considering terrorist attacks as a law enforcement problem to considering… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I think we may well have some kind of presence there over a period of time... The level of activity that we… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
In Iraq, a ruthless dictator cultivated weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. He gave support to terrorists, had… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
If we're successful in Iraq ... we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I think, in fact, the situation with respect to Al Qaida to say that, you know, that was a big attack we… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
After 9/11 we were prepared to use military force. We were prepared to go after not only the terrorists, but those who… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
America has shown we are serious about removing the threat of weapons of mass destruction... We now know that Saddam Hussein had… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Saddam Hussein had a lengthy history of reckless and sudden aggression. He cultivated ties to terror -- hosting the Abu Nidal organization,… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I have argued in the past, and would again, if we had been able to pre-empt the attacks of 9/11 would we… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Because if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again, that we'll be hit in a… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I believe very deeply in the proposition that what we did in Iraq was the right thing to do. It was hard… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
How could any responsible leader have ignored the Iraqi threat? If we had not acted, Saddam Hussein and his sons would still… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that we've had enormous successes (in Iraq) and we will continue to have enormous successes. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
We do know, with absolute certainty, that [Saddam] is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
It's very important to go back and keep in mind the distinction between handling these events as criminal acts, which was the… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
We now have irrefutable evidence that [Saddam] has once again set up and reconstituted his program to take uranium, to enrich it… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Once we got hit by - on 9/11 and lost 3,000 people that day, we recognized, and it was one of the… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Another argument holds that opposing Saddam Hussein would cause even greater troubles in that part of the world, and interfere with the… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I feel very strongly that the significance of 9/11 cannot be underestimated. It forces us to think in new ways about strategy,… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
We haven't really had the time yet to pore through all those records in Baghdad. We'll find ample evidence confirming the link,… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
We're fighting a war on terror because the enemy attacked us first, and hit us hard. ... Al Qaeda's leadership has said… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual - America sees two John Kerrys. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I think the decision that's been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
[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… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
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… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
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… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I do find that the mainstream media oftentimes is what I would consider off base or has a bias. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
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… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
I believe that we were not as effective in the second term dealing with this issue of nuclear none proliferation as we had been… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
![“The issue is that [Saddam] has chemical weapons.” quote by Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/504/dick-cheney-1810_chemical_the-issue-is-that-saddam-has-chemical-we_514990.jpg)
![“[Saddam Hussein is aggressively seeking nuclear and biological weapons and ] the United States may well become the target.” quote by Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/068/dick-cheney-1810_biological-weapons_saddam-hussein-is-aggressively-seeking-n_924759.jpg)
![“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…” quote by Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/217/dick-cheney-1810_clear_after-9-11-it-became-clear-that-we-the-u_572702.jpg)
![“We do know, with absolute certainty, that [Saddam] is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon.” quote by Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cb4/dick-cheney-1810_absolute-certainty_we-do-know-with-absolute-certainty-that_363969.jpg)
![“We now have irrefutable evidence that [Saddam] has once again set up and reconstituted his program to take uranium, to enrich it to sufficiently high grade, so that it will function as the base material as a nuclear weapon. And there's no doubt about the fact that the level of effort has escalated…” quote by Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/65c/dick-cheney-1810_doubt_we-now-have-irrefutable-evidence-that-sa_1349597.jpg)
![“[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.” quote by Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/381/dick-cheney-1810_ifs_in-response-to-the-question-do-you-think_74078.jpg)
