Dick Cheney Unit Quotations

In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has been one vote of a hundred in the United States Senate - and fortunately on matters of national security he was very often in the minority.

We need to have a pro-growth policy put in place that offers people hope and offers the opportunity for businesses to expand and for them to have confidence in what the world is going to look like for the next two or three or four years with respect to economic policy.

President Bush gave me a tremendous opportunity to serve as the vice president. I enjoyed very much having the opportunity to be a part of his team. He told me at the outset, he wanted me to sign on to be a part of his team - and he was true to his word, kept it. He was tough. He was decisive. He was also a pretty good politician.

"Oil remains fundamentally a government business. While many regions of the world offer great oil opportunities, the Middle East with two-thirds of the world's oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies, even though companies are anxious for greater access there, progress continues to be slow."

To bring the worst of the worst terrorists inside the United States would be cause for great danger... It is recklessness cloaked in righteousness and would make the American people less safe... The terrorists see just what they were hoping for: our unity gone, our resolve shaken, our leaders distracted. In short, they see weakness and opportunity.

Europeans know that their great experiment in building peace, unity and prosperity cannot survive as a privileged enclave, surrounded on its outskirts by breeding grounds of hatred and fanaticism.

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

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 opportunity.

Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States.

The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States. Occasionally we have to operate in places where, all considered, one would not normally choose to go. But we go where the business is.

For our part, the United States is keeping all options on the table.

We will not permit a brutal dictator with ties to terrorists and a record of reckless aggression to dominate the Middle East and to threaten the United States of America.

is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had.

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 as private citizens for ourselves and our companies. And our economy is essentially the wonder of the world because, in fact, it's produced so much for us over the years. That's not government that does that.

He is bound and determined that we will address this issue, ... We have to deal with the emerging threat. The question is how best to do it. And we'd like to have the support of the international community as we move forward here.

The threat to the continental United States and our infrastructure is changing and evolving,

He's a good man, a man of generous instincts and high standards, ... Yesterday he said goodbye to his home state of Texas. Let us now welcome him to Washington as the next president of the United States.

What is not legitimate -- and what I will again say is dishonest and reprehensible -- is the suggestion by some U.S. senators that the president of the United States or any member of his administration purposely misled the American people on prewar intelligence,

What is not legitimate ? and I will again say is dishonest and reprehensible ? is the suggestion by some U.S. senators that the president of the United States or any member of his administration purposely misled the American people on prewar intelligence,

victory for the terrorists, an invitation to further violence against free nations and a terrible blow to the future security of the United States of America.

very publicly lobbying the Congress of the United States advocating the use of terror.

Our mission in Iraq is a great undertaking and part of a larger mission that the United States accepted now more than two years ago. September 11, 2001 changed everything for this country.

All of us recognize that the vast majority of men and women in the business community are honest and above-board. They run solid companies providing goods and services that enhance our quality of life, ... At the same time, they provide jobs for their workers and real value for investors.

This will give us an opportunity for an extended discussion of the transition between General Powell, myself and Governor Bush,

The Iranian regime needs to know that if it stays on its present course, the international community is prepared to impose meaningful consequences.

I can say that we, in fact, are consistent with the commitments of the United States that we don't engage in torture, and we don't.

This journey gives me the opportunity to pay homage to some of those who have sacrificed for our common security,

If the purpose of naming an aircraft carrier is to convey the strength and seriousness of this country and our military, then we have certainly accomplished that, ... Something tells me that any potential adversary of the United States will take notice when word arrives that the USS Ronald Reagan has been sighted offshore.

If there's a place on the face of the earth that has the resources to deal with these problems it's the United States of America, and we're going to get it done, ... There's no question there were problems with respect to the evacuation in New Orleans. We've gotten around that problem now, and I think everyone's focused on the future.

Members of this alliance have faced monumental challenges, and we have overcome them together, ... And in this new century, facing new challenges, we must remain united to defend our freedom and meet the shared duties of free nations.

The United States will do all it can to help end the tragic violence between the Palestinians and Israelis and return the parties to a productive negotiating process,

Nothing could shake his determination to rebuild the strength and the morale of every branch of the United States military,

I hope that once we get this process behind us, we'll be able to move forward and unite the nation. I think there's no reason in the world that once this is resolved clearly and there's no doubt in anybody's mind who the president-elect is, the country will rally around and we will be able to work together for the good of the country.

Increasingly, we believe that the United States may well become the target of those activities,

I'll wager that 10 years from now, many of you will find yourself following a quite different course all because of an opportunity that came out of the blue,

Four years ago, some said the world had grown calm, and many assumed that the United States was invulnerable to danger. That thought might have been comforting; it was also false. Like other generations of Americans, we soon discovered that history had great and unexpected duties in store for us.

Tomorrow, I will be traveling to Crawford, Texas, with General Colin Powell and our wives to spend the day with Governor Bush and Laura Bush. This will give us an opportunity for an extended discussion on the transition between General Powell, myself and Governor Bush,

In our system of government an accused person is presumed innocent until a contrary finding is made by a jury after an opportunity to answer the charges and a full airing of the facts, ... Mr. Libby is entitled to that opportunity.