Quote

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.

Dick Cheney

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Dick Cheney
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 30
Autobiographer
Businessperson
Former Vice President Of The United States
Politician
Lincoln
Nebraska
Richard Bruce Cheney
Richard Cheney
Richard Bruce Dick Cheney
States
Attack
Back
Miss
Reason
Tragedy
Much
Missing
Every
Spend
Patting
Believe
Terrible
Attempted
Would
United
Laden
Time
Next
Attacks

More quotes by Dick Cheney

Image
In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has been one vote of a hundred in the United States Senate - and fortunately on matters of national security, he was very often in the minority.
Dick Cheney
Image
Remember, success for a politician is 50% plus one. You don't have to have everybody on board.
Dick Cheney
Image
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.
Dick Cheney
Image
I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says.
Dick Cheney
Image
My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. . . . I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . [in] weeks rather than months.
Dick Cheney
Image
[In response to the question Do you think that you underestimated the insurgency's strength?] I think so. I guess if I look back on it now, I don't think anybody anticipated the level of violence that we've encountered.
Dick Cheney
Image
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.
Dick Cheney
Image
Instead, the terrorists see just what they were hoping for, our unity gone, our resolve shaken, our leaders distracted. In short, they see weakness and opportunity.
Dick Cheney
Image
One of the worst things we could do is start to act now as though the attack of 9/11 is a thing of the past and will never be repeated. That's just not true.
Dick Cheney
Image
Obviously, it's a big problem how do we provide quality care to the maximum number of people. And it's not an easy problem to solve.
Dick Cheney
Image
Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.
Dick Cheney
Image
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
Image
It will be necessary for us to be a nation of men, and not laws.
Dick Cheney
Image
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
Dick Cheney
Image
I think Barack Obama is a one-term President.
Dick Cheney
Image
I have not seen Al Gore's movie.
Dick Cheney
Image
If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think the U.S. is justified in dealing with that, if necessary, by military force.
Dick Cheney
Image
We haven't really had the time yet to pore through all those records in Baghdad. We'll find ample evidence confirming the link, that is the connection if you will between al Qaida and the Iraqi intelligence services. They have worked together on a number of occasions.
Dick Cheney
Image
The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.
Dick Cheney
Image
I think you can not be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls.
Dick Cheney