Thinking Quotes by Dick Cheney

I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world.

— Dick Cheney

I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

— Dick Cheney

I think President Obama is going to be a one-term president.

— Dick Cheney

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about my faults,

— Dick Cheney

I think freedom means freedom for everybody.

— Dick Cheney

I did my 40 years in Washington, 40-plus, and it's time to pause and reflect and think about what I've seen and done.

— Dick Cheney

I'm not apologetic with respect to the policies of the Bush administration. I think we basically got it right.

— Dick Cheney

I think I was able to survive five heart attacks because I never postponed going to the hospital when something didn't feel…

— Dick Cheney

I can't think of a time when we've had a region emerge as suddenly to become as strategically significant as the Caspian.

— Dick Cheney

I - obviously, I'm not a big fan of President Obama. I think he's been one of our weakest presidents. I just…

— Dick Cheney

People tell me that Senator Edwards got picked for his good looks, his sex appeal, and his great hair. I say to…

— 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.

— Dick Cheney

As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had.

— Dick Cheney

You know, I've got experiences going back to the wage price controls in the Nixon administration where, in effect, we had what…

— 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…

— Dick Cheney

If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to…

— Dick Cheney

I think we need a very, very serious effort, primarily through tax policy to provide incentives and encouragement for people to save…

— Dick Cheney

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

It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than…

— 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…

— Dick Cheney

You know, in this business, you don't have any control over what the press says and how they portray things. And that's…

— Dick Cheney

We live in a free society, and freedom means freedom for everybody. We shouldn't be able to choose and say, 'You get…

— Dick Cheney

You really do think about it institutionally; this is your job, and to some extent you benefit from having a job to…

— Dick Cheney

I think there's - the assumption seems to predominate on the other side that the reason there's been problems in the world…

— Dick Cheney

We need, from time to time, to use military force or all of the resources at our command in order to defend…

— Dick Cheney

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

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

I've been criticized because I've had the temerity to speak out and done a couple of interviews since I left office. I…

— Dick Cheney

I think, in fact, the situation with respect to Al Qaida to say that, you know, that was a big attack we…

— 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…

— Dick Cheney

I think you can not be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls.

— Dick Cheney

My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. . . . I think it will go relatively quickly, .…

— Dick Cheney

As I think about the future, I'm back where most people live their lives. Which is, death is not imminent, and that's…

— Dick Cheney

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…

— Dick Cheney

I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in…

— Dick Cheney

No, I've always been impressed with the tremendous resilience of the American economy. I think over the years, over the decades, it's…

— Dick Cheney

I think there's no question but what the tail end of the Bush administration, Bush-Cheney administration, that we took steps specifically geared…

— Dick Cheney

I reached a point towards the end on the old heart where I had trouble getting out of a chair. All I…

— Dick Cheney

I think we may well have some kind of presence there over a period of time... The level of activity that we…

— Dick Cheney

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