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" I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I'd see. "
Dick Cheney
Thought
Day
Grateful
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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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Liberty
Never
" 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
Believe
Attack
Reason
" I worked for George Bush. I'm proud to have worked for him. I think that a lot of the most controversial things we did, that people didn't like and - and criticized us for, things like the terror surveillance program or the enhanced interrogation techniques, were things that allowed us to save lives. "
Dick Cheney
Surveillance
Think
Proud
" 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
Tragedy
Back
Believe
" 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. "
Dick Cheney
Routine
Office
Know
" I am a deficit hawk. "
Dick Cheney
Deficit
Hawk
Am
" Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better. "
Dick Cheney
Never
Better
Attack
" In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job. "
Dick Cheney
Guilty
Questions
Hell
" And the fact of the matter is there were thousands of people that went through those training camps in Afghanistan. We know they are seeking deadlier weapons - chemical, biological and nuclear weapons if they can get it. "
Dick Cheney
People
Matter
Know
" From our perspective, trying to deal with this continuing campaign of terror, if you will, the war on terror that we're engaged in, this is a continuing enterprise. The people that were involved in some of those activities before 9/11 are still out there. "
Dick Cheney
Perspective
People
Trying
" You can't fall back on the private sector and say, 'You take care of the nation's banking system.' That's a fundamental function of the government, the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and the FDIC, etc. All of those agencies have a major role to play there. "
Dick Cheney
Take Care
Care
Fall
" 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? "
Dick Cheney
Know
Difference
Why
" 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. "
Dick Cheney
Belief
Wealth
Grow
" I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad. "
Dick Cheney
Against
Bad
Good
" From kindergarten to graduation, I went to public schools, and I know that they are a key to being sure that every child has a chance to succeed and to rise in the world. "
Dick Cheney
Chance
World
Succeed
" We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. "
Dick Cheney
In Fact
Will
Fact
" 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. "
Dick Cheney
Intelligence
Courage
Women
" We have to make America the best place in the world to do business. "
Dick Cheney
Best
World
Place
" I was convinced that eventually I would die of heart disease, that we'd run out of time and out of treatment, the technology wouldn't keep ahead of my disease. And now all of the sudden, when you get the new heart, your life opens up before you again. "
Dick Cheney
Time
You
Heart
" 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
Security
Vote
Matters
" The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats. "
Dick Cheney
Mother
Iraqi
Forces
" I'm not apologetic with respect to the policies of the Bush administration. I think we basically got it right. "
Dick Cheney
Right
Respect
I Think
" Direct threats require decisive action. "
Dick Cheney
Direct
Decisive
Threats
" There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve. "
Dick Cheney
Danger
Gathering
Show