Virtually all bad ideas come from universities, bad ideas that only survive when insulated from reality.
Dick ArmeyI would hate to have gone through life as a beautiful woman because they all too often get discounted.
Dick ArmeyThe average family pays more in taxes than it spends on food, clothing, and shelter combined.
Dick ArmeyThe 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.
Dick ArmeyGovernment 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.
Dick Armey