Richard Bruce Cheney (/ˈtʃeɪni/; born January 30, 1941) is an American politician who served as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
The greatest threat now is a 911 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box cutters, but with a nuclear weapon in the middle of one of our own cities. . . there's a high probability of such an attempt.
We do know, with absolute certainty, that [Saddam] is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon.
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 911 are still out there.
We've never made the case, or argued the case, that somehow Osama Bin Laden was directly involved in 911. That evidence has never been forthcoming.
Like many Americans, I've always been intrigued by Bill Clinton. I obviously didn't always agree with him - enjoyed running against his legacy in 2000, when Al Gore was his designated successor, but I don't have anything negative I would say about Bill Clinton.
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.
I do find that the mainstream media oftentimes is what I would consider off base or has a bias.
When George Bush asked me to sign on, it obviously wasn't because he was worried about carrying Wyoming. We got 70 percent of the vote in Wyoming, although those three electoral votes turned out to be pretty important last time around.
I do not believe the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress before committing US forces to achieve our objectives in the Gulf.
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
Sarah Palin is an attractive candidate, but based on her background, she only was governor for what, two years. I don`t think she passed that test.
Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.
We need, from time to time, to use military force or all of the resources at our command in order to defend the nation and defend our friends. Sometimes, that requires us to take actions that generate controversy. I think there are probably some who actually believe, if we just go talk nice to these folks, everything is going to be OK. I don't think the world works that way.
People tell me that Senator Edwards got picked for his good looks, his sex appeal, and his great hair. I say to them: How do you think I got the job?
My own personal view is that people ought to have the right to enter into any kind of relationship they want to enter into. With respect to how that's affected or regulated by the State, those are State decisions. Different States are likely to make different decisions based upon their own wishes and desire of the people of the State, and that's perfectly acceptable.
In our own country, we take democratic values seriously - and so we always have a vigorous debate on the issues. That's part of the greatness of America, and we wouldn't have it any other way.
I'm often asked why I left politics and went to Halliburton and I explain that I reached the point where I was mean-spirited, short-tempered and intolerant of those who disagreed with me and they said 'Hell, you'd make a great CEO', so I went to Texas and joined the private sector.
Everyone knows that you're not really a real man unless you own a gun.
That's the nature of the intelligence business. You have to work with what you can get your hands on, but it is. . and in fact it's more an art form than it is a science, and you have to continually work the problem, continually try.
You really do think about it institutionally; this is your job, and to some extent you benefit from having a job to do at a moment like this. You have things that you have to make happen. And you don't have time for the emotional reaction that might otherwise occur if somebody was just sitting there watching these events unfold and had no responsibilities.