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The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected. Sometimes, that requires us to take actions that generate controversy. I'm not at all sure that that's what the Obama administration believes.

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Dick Cheney
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 30
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It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
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I support the President's plan to amend the Constitution, banning same-sex marriage.
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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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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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I'm absolutely convinced that the threat we face now, the idea of a terrorist in the middle of one of our cities with a nuclear weapon, is very real and that we have to use extraordinary measures to deal with it.
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