--- title: "20 United Quotes By Dick Cheney" description: "20 United quotes by Dick Cheney. Plus more from Dick Cheney and more United sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/dick-cheney-1810_democratic_the-good-lord-didn-t-see-fit-to-put-oil_1429712.jpg" --- > [The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratic regimes friendly to the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/the-good-lord-didn-t-see-fit-to-put-oil-and-gas-only-where-there-are-2/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/dick-cheney-1810_democratic_the-good-lord-didn-t-see-fit-to-put-oil_1429712.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/dick-cheney-1810_climate_let-us-rid-ourselves-of-the-fiction-that_90743.jpg) > [That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/that-intelligence-capability-is-enormously-important-to-the-united/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dd/dick-cheney-1810_capability_that-intelligence-capability-is-enormous_2594935.jpg) > [ \[Saddam Hussein is aggressively seeking nuclear and biological weapons and \] the United States may well become the target. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/saddam-hussein-is-aggressively-seeking-nuclear-and-biological-weapons/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/dick-cheney-1810_biological-weapons_saddam-hussein-is-aggressively-seeking-n_924759.jpg) > [As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/as-a-former-secretary-of-defense-i-think-donald-rumsfeld-is-the-best/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/dick-cheney-1810_defense_as-a-former-secretary-of-defense-i-think_1071566.jpg) > [We urge all democratic nations and the United Nations to answer the Iraqi Governing Council's call for support for the people of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/we-urge-all-democratic-nations-and-the-united-nations-to-answer-the/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70d/dick-cheney-1810_council_we-urge-all-democratic-nations-and-the-u_380328.jpg) > [In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has been one vote of a hundred in the United States Senate - and fortunately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/in-his-years-in-washington-senator-kerry-has-been-one-vote-of-a/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/dick-cheney-1810_cybersecurity_in-his-years-in-washington-senator-kerry_1910299.jpg) > [There's every reason to believe there will be further attacks attempted against the United States. For us to spend so much time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/there-s-every-reason-to-believe-there-will-be-further-attacks/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/dick-cheney-1810_believe_there-s-every-reason-to-believe-there-wi_1516519.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) > [The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/the-good-lord-didn-t-see-fit-to-put-oil-and-gas-only-where-there-are/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/dick-cheney-1810_business_the-good-lord-didn-t-see-fit-to-put-oil_868616.jpg) > [We're fighting a war on terror because the enemy attacked us first, and hit us hard. ... Al Qaeda's leadership has said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/we-re-fighting-a-war-on-terror-because-the-enemy-attacked-us-first/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/dick-cheney-1810_able_we-re-fighting-a-war-on-terror-because-t_1430267.jpg) > [The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected. Sometimes, that requires us to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/the-united-states-needs-to-be-not-so-much-loved-as-it-needs-to-be/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/238/dick-cheney-1810_action_the-united-states-needs-to-be-not-so-muc_2572734.jpg) > [I'm one of those people who believes that part of the greatness of the United States is our private sector. It's what…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/dick-cheney-1810_because_i-m-one-of-those-people-who-believes-tha_129423.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) > [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) > [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) > [America has shown we are serious about removing the threat of weapons of mass destruction... We now know that Saddam Hussein had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/america-has-shown-we-are-serious-about-removing-the-threat-of-weapons/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/059/dick-cheney-1810_agents_america-has-shown-we-are-serious-about-r_2970076.jpg) > [I think, in fact, the situation with respect to Al Qaida to say that, you know, that was a big attack we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/i-think-in-fact-the-situation-with-respect-to-al-qaida-to-say-that/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/dick-cheney-1810_agents_i-think-in-fact-the-situation-with-respe_1996476.jpg) > [We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/we-ve-gotten-a-long-way-on-missile-defense-we-know-how-to-do-it-we/) [Dick Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-cheney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/dick-cheney-1810_defense_we-ve-gotten-a-long-way-on-missile-defen_1162473.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) ## Other authors on United ## 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/united/dick-cheney/#itemlist", "name": "20 United Quotes By Dick Cheney", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratic regimes friendly to the United States.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Cheney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/the-good-lord-didn-t-see-fit-to-put-oil-and-gas-only-where-there-are-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/dick-cheney-1810_democratic_the-good-lord-didn-t-see-fit-to-put-oil_1429712.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/dick-cheney-1810_democratic_the-good-lord-didn-t-see-fit-to-put-oil_1429712.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/dick-cheney-1810_democratic_the-good-lord-didn-t-see-fit-to-put-oil_1429712.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratic regimes friendly to the…” — Dick Cheney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Cheney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/let-us-rid-ourselves-of-the-fiction-that-low-oil-prices-are-somehow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/dick-cheney-1810_climate_let-us-rid-ourselves-of-the-fiction-that_90743.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/dick-cheney-1810_climate_let-us-rid-ourselves-of-the-fiction-that_90743.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/108/dick-cheney-1810_climate_let-us-rid-ourselves-of-the-fiction-that_90743.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States.” — Dick Cheney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters. 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and fortunately on matters of national security he was very often in the minority.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Cheney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/in-his-years-in-washington-senator-kerry-has-been-one-vote-of-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/dick-cheney-1810_cybersecurity_in-his-years-in-washington-senator-kerry_1910299.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/dick-cheney-1810_cybersecurity_in-his-years-in-washington-senator-kerry_1910299.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/dick-cheney-1810_cybersecurity_in-his-years-in-washington-senator-kerry_1910299.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has been one vote of a hundred in the United States Senate - and…” — Dick Cheney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's every reason to believe there will be further attacks attempted against the United States. For us to spend so much time patting ourselves on the back because we got bin Laden that we miss the next attack would be a terrible tragedy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dick Cheney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-cheney/there-s-every-reason-to-believe-there-will-be-further-attacks/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/dick-cheney-1810_believe_there-s-every-reason-to-believe-there-wi_1516519.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/dick-cheney-1810_believe_there-s-every-reason-to-believe-there-wi_1516519.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/dick-cheney-1810_believe_there-s-every-reason-to-believe-there-wi_1516519.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's every reason to believe there will be further attacks attempted against the United States. 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