Dick Cheney

"The senator has got his facts wrong. I have not suggested theres a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but theres clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror."

"America has shown we are serious about removing the threat of weapons of mass destruction."..."We now know that Saddam Hussein had the capacity to produce weapons of mass destruction.... We know he had the necessary infrastructure because we found the labs and the dual-use facilities that could be used for these chemical and biological agents. We know that he was developing the delivery systems — ballistic missiles — that had been prohibited by the United Nations."

"Because if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that well get hit again, that well be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States, and that well fall back into the pre-9/11 mind set if you will, that in fact these terrorist attacks are just criminal acts, and that were not really at war. I think that would be a terrible mistake for us."

"The good Lord didnt 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 things considered, one would not normally choose to go. But, we go where the business is."

"Oil remains fundamentally a government business. While many regions of the world offer great oil opportunities, the Middle East with two thirds of the worlds oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies, even though companies are anxious for greater access there, progress continues to be slow."

"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction; there is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us."

"What we did in Iraq was exactly the right thing to do. If I had it to recommend all over again, I would recommend exactly the same course of action."

"Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. And that makes the whole thing mutual — America sees two John Kerrys."

"If the Democratic policies had been pursued over the last two or three years...we would not have had the kind of job growth weve had."

"Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States."

"If we’re successful in Iraq, if we can stand up a good representative government in Iraq, that secures the region so that it never again becomes a threat to its neighbors or to the United States, so it’s not pursuing weapons of mass destruction, so that it’s not a safe haven for terrorists, now we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11."

"Senator, frankly you have a record in the Senate thats not very distinguished. Youve missed thirty-three out of thirty-six meetings in the judiciary committee, almost 70% of the meetings in the intelligence committee, youve missed a lot of key votes on tax policy, on energy, on medicare reform. Youre hometown newspaper has taken to calling you senator gone. Youve got one of the worst attendance records in the United States Senate. Now, in my capacity as Vice-President I am the president of the Senate. The presiding officer, Im up in the Senate most tuesdays when theyre in session, the first time Ive ever met you is when you walked onto this stage tonight"