Dick Cheney Quotes

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• That's the nature of the intelligence business. You have to work with what you can get your hands on, but it is.. and in fact… Art
• One of the problems we have as a government is our inability to keep secrets. And it costs us, in terms of our relationship with… All
• You know, in this business, you don't have any control over what the press says and how they portray things. And that's their prerogative. But… Any
• You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time… Consideration
• I had other priorities in the sixties than military service. Military
• Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many, Been
• Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use… Allies
• The issue is that [Saddam] has chemical weapons. Chemical
• 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… Absolute
• Another argument holds that opposing Saddam Hussein would cause even greater troubles in that part of the world, and interfere with the larger war against… Another Argument
• 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… Base
• I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq, from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted… Bad
• I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world. Damaged
• It’s clearly established in terms of training, provision of bomb-making experts, training of people with respect to chemical and biological warfare capabilities, that al-Qaeda sent… Al
• It will be necessary for us to be a nation of men, and not laws. Inspirational
• The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes, bugs or gas.… Al
• There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government Al
• I have argued in the past, and would again, if we had been able to pre-empt the attacks of 9/11 would we have done it?… Able
• Saddam Hussein had a lengthy history of reckless and sudden aggression. He cultivated ties to terror -- hosting the Abu Nidal organization, supporting terrorists, and… Abu
• Instead, the terrorists see just what they were hoping for, our unity gone, our resolve shaken, our leaders distracted. In short, they see weakness and… Distracted

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