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Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (January 30, 1941 – November 3, 2025) was the 46th vice president of the United States, serving under President George W. Bush.
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Principle is okay up to a certain point, but principle doesn't do any good if you lose.
In our nation’s 246 year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump.
If fine speech-making, appeals to reason, or pleas for compassion had the power to move them, the terrorists would long ago have abandoned the field.
Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States.
We believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.
My belief is, we will, in fact be greeted as liberators.
The senator has got his facts wrong. I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror.
There is nothing more important she will ever do than lead the effort to make sure Donald Trump is never again near the Oval Office and she will succeed.
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction; there is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.
We also have to work, though, sort of the dark side, if you will.
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.
I think what we did in Iraq was the right thing to do. I still believe that.
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.
The suggestion that somehow, because this was a close election, we should fundamentally change our beliefs I just think is silly.
What we did in Iraq was exactly the right thing to do. If I had it to recommend all over again, I would recommend exactly the same course of action.
The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists for the most part.
The threat levels are going up, the dangers are increasing and our capability to deal with them has gone down because of the way the Obama administration has operated for the last eight years.
Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. And that makes the whole thing mutual — America sees two John Kerrys.
Here's what I can tell you about Don Rumsfeld. You're never going to get any credit. And you'll only know how well you're doing if he gives you more work. If that happens, you're doing fine.
[W]atching a coordinated, devastating attack on our country from an underground bunker at the White House can affect how you view your responsibilities.
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