CHENEY’S ORIGINAL QUOTE

The exhibition The New Normal drew its title from the following quote, taken from a speech made by Dick Cheney in October of 2001:

“Homeland security is not a temporary measure just to meet one crisis. Many of the steps we have now been forced to take will become permanent in American life. They represent an understanding of the world as it is, and dangers we must guard against perhaps for decades to come. I think of it as the new normalcy.” - Vice President Cheney Delivers Remarks to the Republican Governors Association