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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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The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.
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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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Westerners know the difference between a talker and the real deal. If Rick Perry wasn't right to be governor of Texas, why should he be president?
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To bring the worst of the worst terrorists inside the United States would be cause for great danger and regret in the years to come. It is recklessness cloaked in righteousness, and would make the American people less safe.
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In our own country, we take democratic values seriously - and so we always have a vigorous debate on the issues. That's part of the greatness of America, and we wouldn't have it any other way.
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When George Bush asked me to sign on, it obviously wasn't because he was worried about carrying Wyoming. We got 70 percent of the vote in Wyoming, although those three electoral votes turned out to be pretty important last time around.
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I don’t think that [the war in Iraq] damaged our reputation around the world.
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Remember, success for a politician is 50% plus one. You don't have to have everybody on board.
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I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.
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Cheney, Cheney, you can't hide, we charge you with genocide.
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We have to make America the best place in the world to do business.
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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.
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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 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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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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I think there’s no question but what the tail end of the Bush administration, Bush-Cheney administration, that we took steps specifically geared to try and free up the financial sector.
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Well, we've got a major effort under way to try to educate everybody, to let them know we have a zero tolerance policy where sexual assault is involved.
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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 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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I reached a point towards the end on the old heart where I had trouble getting out of a chair. All I wanted to do was get out of bed in the morning and walk to my office and sit back down in the chair. Now I throw 50 pound bags of horse feed in the back of my pickup truck and I don't even think about it. I'm back doing those things.
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