Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce Cheney, generally known as Dick Cheneyis an American politician and businessman who was the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, under President George W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 January 1941
CityLincoln, NE
CountryUnited States of America
military thinking use
I feel very strongly that the significance of 9/11 cannot be underestimated. It forces us to think in new ways about strategy, about national security, about how we structure our forces and about how we use U.S. military power.
war allies congress
It's awfully hard to convey a sense of credibility to allies when you [the Congress] voted for the war and then you declared: Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time.
war thinking iraq
I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.
military priorities stupid-republican
I had other priorities in the sixties than military service.
couple believe gay
I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. But I also believe that gay and lesbians and gay and lesbian couples, those who have been in long-term relationships, deserve to be treated respectfully, they deserve to have benefits.
veterans-day freedom 4th-of-july
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
views people decision
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.
dream inspired columbia
The Columbia is lost, but the dreams that inspired its crew remain with us.
war successful winning
After 9/11, it became clear that we [the United States] had to do several things to have a successful strategy to win the global war on terror, specifically that we had to go after the terrorists wherever we might find them, that we also had to go after state sponsors of terror, those who might provide sanctuary or safe harbor for terror.
matter deficit
Reagan proved deficits don't matter.
worship walks
I worship the ground Paul Ryan walks on.
president expenses
Rarely has a U.S. president been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many,
along battalion grateful marines members river served third
We are grateful to members of the Third Battalion 25th Marines who served along the Euphrates River corridor,
attack attacked provoke
We didn't do anything to provoke the attack of 9/11. We were attacked by the terrorists, and we've responded forcefully and aggressively.