Dick Armey Quotes
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America's Christian conservative movement is confronted with this divide: small-government advocates who want to practice their faith independent of heavy-handed government versus big-government sympathizers who want to impose their version of 'righteousness' on others through the hammer of law.... Our movement must avoid the temptations of power and those who would twist the good intentions of Christian voters to support policies that undermine freedom and grow government.
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The average family pays more in taxes than it spends on food, clothing, and shelter combined.
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Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen.
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The unemployment numbers are down to the lowest in 25 years.... The principle credit goes to Janet Reno, who continued to appoint special prosecutors.
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You can't get ahead while getting even.
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After months of lies, the president [Bill Clinton] has given millions of people around the world reason to doubt that he has sent Americans into battle for the right reason. The suspicion some people have about the president's motives in this attack is itself a powerful argument for impeachment.
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We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels.
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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?'
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I would be looking up from a pool of blood and hearing my wife ask 'How do I reload this thing'.
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The American Dream is not to own your own home, but to get your kids out of it.
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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.
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The people themselves, not their government, should be trusted with spending their own money and making their own decisions.
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The arrangement was simply FreedomWorks paid Glenn Beck money and Glenn Beck said nice things about FreedomWorks on the air. I saw that a million dollars went to Beck this past year, that was the annual expenditure. I put it down now as basically as paid advertising for FreedomWorks by Beck.
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I deserved better than to be bullshitted by the vice president.
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In my view, immigrants today aren't any different from immigrants who have come to America throughout our nation's history. They bring new ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit and close family ties. They place a high value on education. And they are eager to achieve the American Dream. ... It's to our benefit to keep our doors open, and to keep enriching our economy and culture. I'd like to see America continue to do so.
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Ain't no right way to do the wrong thing.
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Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement.
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Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.
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At least if we don't close down the Environmental Protection Agency, we at least put a snaffle bit on them and ride the pony down.
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The reason families need two incomes today is not to support themselves but to support the government.
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Jamestown colony, when it was first founded as a socialist venture, dang near failed with everybody dead and dying in the snow.
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I don't believe America will justifiably make an unprovoked attack on another nation. It would not be consistent with what we have been as a nation or what we should be as a nation.
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Because the American people champion liberty, more people in the world live free today than at any time in history. Yet, there is more to be done and it is America who will lead the way.
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Spike Lee is obviously more stupid than anyone can be by accident.
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Virtually all bad ideas come from universities, bad ideas that only survive when insulated from reality.
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I would hate to have gone through life as a beautiful woman because they all too often get discounted.
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The Democratic Party has pretty much abandoned all the things that they cherish.
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Demagoguery beats data in making public policy.
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The United States has an absolute duty to attack terrorism where it lives and breeds, in order to prevent future attacks on American citizens around the world. The American people stand united in the face of terrorism. The men and women who undertook this mission deserve our praise and prayers.
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You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
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