Dick Cheney quotes - page 5

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. (Dick Cheney)
It used to be you needed to have a very large sophisticated state before you could even have a nuclear weapon... Now the technology is widespread enough. It doesn't take very many people to be able to cobble together a devastating attack, and all it takes is one. View quote
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If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to reduce unemployment. So I think it's a serious mistake; the wrong time to raise taxes. View quote
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I've been extraordinarily fortunate that I've been able to go live a very active, stressful life. And I don't believe that my heart disease changed me for the worst. View quote
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. View quote
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It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than that. But I think it's a - very special tribute that we all owe to the bravery and courage of the men and women in the intelligence and military business who performed so well to finally get it done. View quote
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As I think about the future, I'm back where most people live their lives. Which is, death is not imminent, and that's different. View quote
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My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that. View quote
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I think there's no question but what the tail end of the Bush administration, Bush-Cheney administration, that we took steps specifically geared to try and free up the financial sector. View quote
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We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads, but we need to do a lot more work in order to be - to deploy a system that'll defend the United States against those kinds of limited strikes that might be possible by a nuclear armed North Korea or Iran. View quote
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I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're loading on more and more regulation on the private respect to how the economy functions. (Dick Cheney)
In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job. View quote
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I had other priorities in the 60's than military service. View quote
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We know he has been absolutely trying to acquire nuclear weapons and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons, ... Meet the Press. View quote
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Under our plan you can build wealth, even if you don't have a dollar to spare. View quote
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