Dick Armey

“Liberals are people who think that being tough on crime is what got us into this mess.”

“The market is a mechanism for sorting the efficient from the inefficient, it is not a moral arbitrator.”

“You can't get ahead while you're getting even.”

“Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.”

“Demagoguery enters at the moment when, for want of a common denominator, the principle of equality is claimed for all men without regard to their qualifications.”

“Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 and the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.”