Dick Cheney Quotes

• I believe very deeply in the proposition that what we did in Iraq was the right thing to do. It was hard to do. It took a long time. There were significant costs involved.

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• I believe that we were not as effective in the second term dealing with this issue of nuclear none proliferation as we had been during the first term when we stripped Libya and Iraq and A.Q. Khan and their capacity to proliferate nuclear technology.

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• I am a deficit hawk.

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• Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

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• 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 is a continuing enterprise. The people that were involved in some of those activities before 9/11 are still out there.

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• From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world.

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• Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.

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• Direct threats require decisive action.

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• And the fact of the matter is there were thousands of people that went through those training camps in Afghanistan. We know they are seeking deadlier weapons – chemical, biological and nuclear weapons if they can get it.

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• A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues.

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Birth:	30th January, 1941
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is an American politician who was the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, under President George W. Bush. He attended Yale, then the University of Wyoming, where he earned a BA and an MA in Political Science. He served as the White House Chief of Staff, from 1975 to 1977. In 1978, Cheney was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Wyoming's At-large congressional district from 1979 to 1989. He was selected to be the Secretary of Defense during the Presidency of George H. W. Bush, holding the position for the majority of Bush's term from 1989 to 1993. Out of office during the Clinton administration, Cheney was the Chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000. Cheney published his memoir In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir, in 2011. In 2015, he published another book, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America. He has been cited as the most powerful Vice President in American history.

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