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
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.
Until we receive your commitment to follow through on their rhetorical offerings, we shall not treat these overtures as serious and will continue our efforts to force action on the daily floor proceedings until such time as we secure your personal confirmation on a fair and timely consideration on this important matter.
Whether that comes from work between Norwood and the White House, or whether it comes from our work here in the House in getting the votes for this bill that we think is the right answer, or wherever it comes from, we will do the right thing.
Whether it's reducing a particular tax or reforming the entire tax code, the issue is fairness,
What we're not willing to do is to get ourselves into some complex negotiation with the White House where they initiate some increase in spending ... We just don't believe that is a dignified process,
We're going to have a tax cut, ... Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.
I gave it a lot of thought. I've been traveling around the country. I've been thinking about that option. The fact of the matter is when it came right down to it, I decided while that race would be very do-able and the opportunity would have existed to do that, that's too many nights on the road, too many weekends away from this family.
If we vote 'no' today, ... we will condemn the people of China to a continued life of despair.
The president's $1.6 trillion plan should be a floor, not a ceiling.
We will divide the four questions into separate votes and barring any parliamentary antics, it should be completed Thursday evening or perhaps Friday morning,
trying to fit the president's details into our principles, and it's a very difficult fit to be made. But I think we can get there.