“I think [Vice President Dick] Cheney is insane. The neocons are insane. I don’t know of a sane one.”
– Paul Craig Roberts, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration and former editor of the Wall Street Journal. 2008

“The good Lord did not see fit simply to put oil under those countries friendly to the United States.”
– Vice-President Dick Cheney

“The [Persian] Gulf will be a primary focus of U.S. international energy policy… American efforts to obtain increased supplies of foreign oil will also require the threat of or the use of force to dissuade hostile forces from attempting to obstruct the flow of petroleum to the United States. This, in turn, will require an enhanced U.S. capacity to operate militarily in areas of likely fighting over oil.”
– Vice-President Dick Cheney

“The war on terrorism is different than the Gulf War was, in the sense that it may never end.”
– Vice-President Dick Cheney

“There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.”
– Vice-President Dick Cheney

“We know Saddam has been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.”
– Vice-President Dick Cheney

“The Plan is for the United States to rule the world. The overt theme is unilateralism, but it is ultimately a story of domination. It calls for the United States to maintain its overwhelming superiority and prevent new rivals from rising up to challenge it on the world stage. It calls for dominion over friends and enemies alike. It says not that the United States must be more powerful, or most powerful, but that it must be absolutely powerful.”
– Vice-President Dick Cheney – lecture at West Point, June 2002