Dick Armey
Dick Armey
Richard Keith "Dick" Armeyis an American politician. He is a former U.S. Representative from Texas' 26th congressional districtand House Majority Leader. He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress for the first time in four decades. Armey was one of the chief authors of the Contract with America. Armey is also an author and former economics professor. Since his retirement from Congress, he...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 July 1940
CountryUnited States of America
We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.
Jamestown colony, when it was first founded as a socialist venture, dang near failed with everybody dead and dying in the snow,
I would be looking up from a pool of blood and hearing my wife ask 'How do I reload this thing'.
I deserved better than to be bullshitted by the vice president,
The American Dream is not to own your own home, but to get your kids out of it.
Spike Lee is obviously more stupid than anyone can be by accident.
The reason families need two incomes today is not to support themselves but to support the government.
The Democratic Party has pretty much abandoned all the things that they cherish.
George Washington might have become our king, but chose not to. His governing idea was that government is our servant because we are inherently free. It is an idea too many in government today forget.
If I were in the President's place, I would not get a chance to resign. I would be lying in a pool of my own blood hearing Mrs. Armey, standing over me, saying, 'How do I reload this damn thing?'
Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.
You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
The president came into the negotiations and wanted to spend as much as possible of the surplus. But I can tell you, Mr. and Mrs. America, for the most part, your surplus is still intact.
The president accepted our parameters -- not touching Social Security, not raising taxes,