Appealing Quote by Barton Gellman

Cheney was among the best secretaries of defence the country has ever had. He was a very effective White House chief of staff. He…

— Barton Gellman

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

— Bill Vaughan

Anybody who is an ambitious politician would never ever aspire to a Vice Presidency. And yet, people find themselves in that position, and so,…

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no…

— Elliot Richardson

Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make…

— Patricia Ireland

The funny thing is that Dick Cheney has done more than anybody in the White House for quite a long time to throw up…

— Barton Gellman

When George W. Bush picked Dick Cheney, it was a reassuring sign that the Texas governor would have an experienced, prudent voice at his…

— Jeff Greenfield

“Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history. The idea he doesn't realize that Article I…

— Joe Biden

“I never performed for George W. Bush, and wouldn’t have. I disliked the man intensely. I thought he was a dunderhead, without intellect. And…

— Graham Nash

Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.

— Donald Rumsfeld

It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents.

— George W. Bush

“The vice presidency “ought to be abolished,” he told his friend Leonard Wood. “The man who occupies it may at any moment be everything;…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin