--- title: "20 Terrorist Quotes By Dick Cheney" description: "20 Terrorist quotes by Dick Cheney. Plus more from Dick Cheney and more Terrorist sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/dick-cheney-1810_bad-people_the-important-thing-here-to-understand-i_1358705.jpg" --- > [The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/the-important-thing-here-to-understand-is-that-the-people-that-are-at/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/dick-cheney-1810_bad-people_the-important-thing-here-to-understand-i_1358705.jpg) > [The greatest threat now is a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/the-greatest-threat-now-is-a-9-11-occurring-with-a-group-of/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edd/dick-cheney-1810_airline_the-greatest-threat-now-is-a-9-11-occurr_2261372.jpg) > [Instead, the terrorists see just what they were hoping for, our unity gone, our resolve shaken, our leaders distracted. In short, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/instead-the-terrorists-see-just-what-they-were-hoping-for-our-unity/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cde/dick-cheney-1810_distracted_instead-the-terrorists-see-just-what-the_3060999.jpg) > [When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/when-we-get-people-who-are-more-concerned-about-reading-the-rights-to/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bc/dick-cheney-1810_al-qaeda_when-we-get-people-who-are-more-concerne_2885934.jpg) > [I'm absolutely convinced that the threat we face now, the idea of a terrorist in the middle of one of our cities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-m-absolutely-convinced-that-the-threat-we-face-now-the-idea-of-a/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/dick-cheney-1810_cities_i-m-absolutely-convinced-that-the-threat_3220258.jpg) > [To bring the worst of the worst terrorists inside the United States would be cause for great danger and regret in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/to-bring-the-worst-of-the-worst-terrorists-inside-the-united-states/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/dick-cheney-1810_american-people_to-bring-the-worst-of-the-worst-terroris_1918563.jpg) > [I think the key that happened on 9/11 is we went from considering terrorist attacks as a law enforcement problem to considering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-think-the-key-that-happened-on-9-11-is-we-went-from-considering/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/dick-cheney-1810_attacks_i-think-the-key-that-happened-on-9-11-is_812191.jpg) > [His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/his-regime-has-had-high-level-contacts-with-al-qaeda-going-back-a/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/dick-cheney-1810_al-qaeda_his-regime-has-had-high-level-contacts-w_2240109.jpg) > [I think there's - the assumption seems to predominate on the other side that the reason there's been problems in the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-think-there-s-the-assumption-seems-to-predominate-on-the-other-side/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/dick-cheney-1810_al-qaeda_i-think-there-s-the-assumption-seems-to_986853.jpg) > [We were trying to get all of the planes down out of the sky. And we watched as the towers of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/we-were-trying-to-get-all-of-the-planes-down-out-of-the-sky-and-we/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/dick-cheney-1810_collapsed_we-were-trying-to-get-all-of-the-planes_562532.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) > [Saddam Hussein had a lengthy history of reckless and sudden aggression. He cultivated ties to terror -- hosting the Abu Nidal organization,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/saddam-hussein-had-a-lengthy-history-of-reckless-and-sudden/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/dick-cheney-1810_aggression_saddam-hussein-had-a-lengthy-history-of_612340.jpg) > [ After 9/11, it became clear that we \[the United States\] had to do several things to have a successful strategy to win… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/after-9-11-it-became-clear-that-we-the-united-states-had-to-do/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/217/dick-cheney-1810_clear_after-9-11-it-became-clear-that-we-the-u_572702.jpg) > [The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/the-important-thing-here-to-understand-is-that-the-people-that-are-at-2/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fb/dick-cheney-1810_afghanistan_the-important-thing-here-to-understand-i_1595458.jpg) > [The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/the-biggest-threat-we-face-is-the-possibility-of-terrorist-groups/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/dick-cheney-1810_al-qaeda_the-biggest-threat-we-face-is-the-possib_1627527.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) > [After 9/11 we were prepared to use military force. We were prepared to go after not only the terrorists, but those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/after-9-11-we-were-prepared-to-use-military-force-we-were-prepared-to/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/211/dick-cheney-1810_enemy_after-9-11-we-were-prepared-to-use-milit_2149604.jpg) > [In Iraq, a ruthless dictator cultivated weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. He gave support to terrorists, had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/in-iraq-a-ruthless-dictator-cultivated-weapons-of-mass-destruction/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/dick-cheney-1810_al-qaeda_in-iraq-a-ruthless-dictator-cultivated-w_1682192.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) > [One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/one-of-the-reasons-the-deficit-got-as-big-as-it-did-frankly-was/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/dick-cheney-1810_big_one-of-the-reasons-the-deficit-got-as-bi_951251.jpg) ## Other authors on Terrorist ## 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/terrorist/dick-cheney/#itemlist", "name": "20 Terrorist Quotes By Dick Cheney", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. 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