Dick Cheney Career Quotations

I'd spent 25 years in government when I left the Defense Department back in '93, decided I'd go spend the rest of my career in the private sector, and then the president tapped me to come be his running mate. And it's been a remarkable experience. I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

We've also got some great career professionals, an absolute and vital part of the operation - couldn't do it without them. They're the ones that continue the expertise from administration to administration, who have got the experience of having been through all of this before and provide the quality service that needs to be provided.

I've lived with this for over 20 years, ... I've had a fairly successful career in the public and private sectors. ... I am unusually blessed.

It's good to know that far into the future people will come to this place and learn of Howard's career and his deep belief in the nobility of public service,