Dick Armey

Richard Keith "Dick" Armey (born July 7, 1940 in Cando, North Dakota), is a former U.S. Representative from Texas's 26,26th congressional district, (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003). He was one of the architects 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, and the chief author of the Republican Contract with America.

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• Dave Barry:: Are you really Dick Armey?
  Dick Armey:: Yes, I am Dick Armey. And if there is a dick army, Barney Frank would want to join up.
  • Discussion between Dave Barry and Dick Armey, August 2, 2000
  • Reported by Mike Luckovich, quoted in "Armey makes anti-gay joke". St. Petersburg Times. August 4, 2000. Retrieved on 2008-03-05. 

• 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.
  • Christians and Big Government - Why faith requires freedom, 12 October 2006

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• I've been to Europe once. I don't have to go again.

• The Justice Department […] seems to be running amok and out of control […] This agency right now is the biggest threat to personal liberty in the country.
  • The New Republic, unidentified article, October 21, 2001

• If my expectations of civility and collegiality were disappointed, what do you think it was like for the rest of the congressmen they dealt with? The Bush White House was tone-deaf to the normal courtesies of the office.
  • The Atlantic Monthly, unidentified article, September 2007

• Bipartisanship is another name for date rape.