Dick Cheney Early Quotations

I've been uniquely blessed to have nearly 60 wonderful years of a fascinating life. I look forward to several more years.

Al Gore clearly wants to take most of the surplus and spend it on bigger government. We have an interest in supporting programs that will give people more choices, control of their own lives, and can give some of the surplus back to them.

I hope that once we get this process behind us, we'll be able to move forward and unite the nation. I think there's no reason in the world that once this is resolved clearly and there's no doubt in anybody's mind who the president-elect is, the country will rally around and we will be able to work together for the good of the country.

There clearly was a relationship. It's been testified to. The evidence is overwhelming, ... Capitol Report.

We are very concerned with the loss of life now on both sides. The level of violence appears to be escalating. That's clearly not in anybody's interest. We need to find some way to try to cap the violence and get some process started to rebuild confidence.

I think we may well have some kind of presence there over a period of time, ... The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

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.

We clearly understand that in terms of what government can do addressing the waste question is key, ... If we can address the waste question and deal with that, I think that will give people -- potential investors and utilities who have to decide what form of power to use in the future -- confidence that nuclear power is a viable option.