Dick Armey

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

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

The Republicans want local control and management of our schools, the president and the Democrats want Washington mandates. That's really read more

The Republicans want local control and management of our schools, the president and the Democrats want Washington mandates. That's really what it's all about,

trying to fit the president's details into our principles, and it's a very difficult fit to be made. But I read more

trying to fit the president's details into our principles, and it's a very difficult fit to be made. But I think we can get there.

While I think the dangers of a member of the committee being blackmailed are somewhat exaggerated in political discourse, it read more

While I think the dangers of a member of the committee being blackmailed are somewhat exaggerated in political discourse, it would still be a prudent discussion for the minority leader to have with Mr. Condit, ... It can very well be that one would want to err on the side of prudence.

When asked, "If you had been in President Clinton's place would you have resigned?" Armey's reply:"If I had been in read more

When asked, "If you had been in President Clinton's place would you have resigned?" Armey's reply:"If I had been in the president's place I would not have gotten the chance to resign. I would have been lying in a pool of my own blood, looking up, and listening to my wife ask, 'How do you reload this son of a bitch'?"