Cheney: "We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary."

Cheney: "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."

Cheney: "In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job."

Cheney: "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."

Cheney: "I do find that the mainstream media oftentimes is what I would consider off base or has a bias."

Cheney: "I had a reputation of being somewhat moderate, partly, I think, because I wasn't a 'bomb thrower' like some of my conservative colleagues, and partly because I got along with people all across the political spectrum."

Cheney: "I am a deficit hawk."

Cheney: "I think that freedom means freedom for everyone. As many of you know, one of my daughters is gay, and it is something we have lived with for a long time in our family. I think people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. Any kind of arrangement they wish."

Cheney: "I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I'd see."

Cheney: "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."

Cheney: "It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you."

Cheney: "I think the key that happened on 9/11 is we went from considering terrorist attacks as a law enforcement problem to considering terrorist attacks, especially on the scale we have on 9/11, as being an act of war."

Cheney: "Direct threats require decisive action."

Cheney: "The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States. Occasionally we have to operate in places where, all considered, one would not normally choose to go. But we go where the business is."

Cheney: "Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better."