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- Nov 07, 2020
Cheney Quotes
Quotes and commentary about former Vice President Dick Cheney.
This page collects quotes about former Vice President Dick Cheney, mostly critical commentary touching on his reputation for operating in secrecy and stated support for torture as an interrogation method. Read more political commentary in our Government quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we'll probably spend years learning about.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote a lot about Cheney in 'The New Yorker,' but I wrote very little of what I know. The only time I ever mentioned what he ever said at a meeting was when there were many people there who were not insiders, you know, other people not in the government, so my sources would be protected.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've thought Cheney was scary for a long time. Now I know I was right to be nervous.
- Columns
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, one of the most interesting columns to write was about Dick Cheney when he represented the U.S. at a commemorative ceremony at Auschwitz.
- Clear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court.
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- Nov 07, 2020
They plan to ride into the White House on the Sweet Talk Express. Well, think again. Bush and Cheney are not compassionate conservatives. They are ruthless reactionaries.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that Obama is very cool. And I think he's clever, and I think he can be witty. But I don't think he's funny in either the way that Reagan was funny - or John McCain and Dick Cheney are both funny in that ruthless, kind of mean way.
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, no, no. Dick Cheney forbade me to waste time on his image. I would have liked to have done more.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Name your nation-state, or tribe or party - you have to rationalize what you're doing. You have to go to sleep at night. Does Dick Cheney sleep at night? Does he sleep like a baby?
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'll tell you, Liz Cheney is going to be a very good candidate. I worked with her during the Bush campaigns. She's smart, she's focused, she's disciplined - and she's got a great back story. She's got a large family. She's a great mom. And she's a hard worker. I think she's going to be a very effective campaigner.
- Found
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans were told repeatedly by President Bush and Vice President Cheney that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians working for the corporate interests. They are the corporate interests. That's where Bush came from, and Cheney and Rumsfeld.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly has been disturbed over what he sees as the erosion of presidential powers since the Watergate scandal and has urged Bush to take a stronger stand against what Cheney sees as congressional intrusions into the executive branch.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is one more liar.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Virtually every one of the most far-right neocon Bush officials - including Dick Cheney himself - has spent years now praising Obama for continuing their terrorism policies which Obama the Senator and Presidential Candidate once so harshly denounced.
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- Nov 07, 2020