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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.

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Dick Cheney
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 30
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Former Vice President Of The United States
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Richard Bruce Cheney
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I think the decision that's been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one.
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I do find that the mainstream media oftentimes is what I would consider off base or has a bias.
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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.
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My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.
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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.
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The Federalist Society has made important contributions to the nation's understanding of our constitutional heritage.
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I think you can not be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls.
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I do not believe the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress before committing US forces to achieve our objectives in the Gulf.
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I did my 40 years in Washington, 40-plus, and it's time to pause and reflect and think about what I've seen and done.
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We now have irrefutable evidence that [Saddam] has once again set up and reconstituted his program to take uranium, to enrich it to sufficiently high grade, so that it will function as the base material as a nuclear weapon. And there's no doubt about the fact that the level of effort has escalated in recent months.
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There's every reason to believe there will be further attacks attempted against the United States. For us to spend so much time patting ourselves on the back because we got bin Laden that we miss the next attack would be a terrible tragedy.
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Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.
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Another argument holds that opposing Saddam Hussein would cause even greater troubles in that part of the world, and interfere with the larger war against terror. I believe the opposite is true.
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I was in end stage heart failure, liver and kidneys shutting down, and on an emergency basis they went in and planted a pump in my chest. It was battery operated. That kept me alive for 20 months and that got me to the transplant. And I wake up every morning now with a smile on my face, thankful for the gift of another day I never expected to see.
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We do know, with absolute certainty, that Saddam Hussein is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon.
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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.
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With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People...ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to.
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I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world.
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I think the key that happened on 9/11 is we went from considering terrorist attacks as a law enforcement problem to considering terrorist attacks, especially on the scale we have on 9/11, as being an act of war.
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I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session.
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