Quote by Dick Cheney
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You cant fall back on the private sector and say, You take care of the nations banking system. Thats 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

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The relevance for 9/11 is that what 9/11 marked was the beginning of a struggle in which the terrorists come at us and strike us here on our home territory. And its a global operation. It doesnt know national boundaries or national borders. – Dick Cheney

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Home
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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

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Time
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The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent. – Dick Cheney

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It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights. – James Bovard

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Its dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing. – Edward Norton

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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldnt possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. Theres a relationship to government about knights. – Harold Pinter

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Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it. – Richard Lamm

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Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices. – Knute Rockne

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Life is a combination of magic and pasta. – Federico Fellini

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I think were getting to the point where everyones getting fat and everyones getting allergic, or claims to be allergic to something and people cant walk from their front door to their car without a bottle of water in their hand because they have to hydrate every three and half steps. – Adam Carolla

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The prince who would know all, must ignore much. – Domitius Afer, translated from Latin

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