“Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.” PeopleNeedsChildrenGovernmentPoliticalThreePoliticsGroupsTrustPoliticianThievesSupervisionSpending Other People's Money Author:Dick Armey
“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.” WantBigsGovernmentChristianAmericaLawGrowsPracticeSupportPolicyMovementIndependentIntentionConservativeHeavyVersionsTemptationRighteousnessVotersDividesVersusTwistsHammersGood IntentionsBig GovernmentSmall Government Author:Dick Armey
“The reason families need two incomes today is not to support themselves but to support the government.” NeedsTwoReasonGovernmentTodaySupportIncome Author:Dick Armey
“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.” IdeasGovernmentMightTodayForgetKingsServantGoverning Author:Dick Armey
“[T]he tax code has been piling up, year after year, a symbol of everything gone wrong in America, of arrogant rulers and lost freedom, just waiting for us to pick the whole thing up and heave it away. It has to happen. Free people can put up with such laws only for so long.” PeopleYearsLongHas BeensWholeGovernmentHappensAmericaLawLostWaitingGoneTaxesPicksSymbolsCodeArrogantRulers Author:Dick Armey
“Government is saying to the average citizen every January 1: 'For the next five months you'll be working for us, for goals we shall determine. Is that clear? After May 5 you may look after your own needs and ambitions, but report back to us next January. Now move along.' ... If nearly half of what you make is spent by someone else, that means that half your work time is spent working for someone else. Call me a radical, but I think that comes dangerously close to being a form of indentured servitude.” IfsThinkingNeedsLooksMayMeanGovernmentMovingFormNextGoalHalfClearFiveMonthsCitizensAmbitionAverageDetermineRadicalReportsCall MeJanuaryServitudeJanuary 1 Author:Dick Armey
“The people themselves, not their government, should be trusted with spending their own money and making their own decisions.” PeopleShouldGovernmentDecisionSpendingTrusted Author:Dick Armey
