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It will be necessary for us to be a nation of men, and not laws.
Dick Cheney
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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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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.
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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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The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.
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The issue is that [Saddam] has chemical weapons.
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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.
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The Federalist Society has made important contributions to the nation's understanding of our constitutional heritage.
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If the Democratic policies had been pursued over the last two or three years... we would not have had the kind of job growth we've had.
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I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq consistent is not one of them.
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Everyone knows that you're not really a real man unless you own a gun.
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[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.
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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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You cannot be driven by the polls. The polls change all the time they're easily manipulated by whoever wants to ask those poll questions they go up they go down.
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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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I think I was able to survive five heart attacks because I never postponed going to the hospital when something didn't feel right.
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I had other priorities in the sixties than military service.
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We urge all democratic nations and the United Nations to answer the Iraqi Governing Council's call for support for the people of Iraq in making the transition to democracy.
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My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.
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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.
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I can't think of a time when we've had a region emerge as suddenly to become as strategically significant as the Caspian.
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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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