Dick Armey Quotes on Government (8 Quotes)

Passage of a flat tax is a necessary predicate to my retiring from Congress, ... As my Democratic colleagues have come to understand that, their willingness to co-sponsor my bill has definitely gone up.

It is with deep regret and sense of apology that I inform members we are unable to do further work this evening on legislative business.

My flat tax proposal is still alive and well with the American people and it's on its way to becoming the law of the land before I retire from Congress,

This country, at this time, when our needs are so great, will not tolerate a do-nothing Senate. And he needs to get that message,

It the federal budget will be in balance probably now before the year 2002 because of the enormous growth and confidence in the economy since we took over the majority ... We are now moving into an era of the politics of surplus budgets ... Unless we have a configuration of Democrat president and Democrat majority in Congress, I do not expect to see deficits again in my lifetime.

What this 'sunset the code' bill does is ... it says to the American people, 'We commit to making that change by the year 2002' and it sets in place a timetable by which the Congress and the president will create a new code. A new code that is simple, decent, honest, fair, understandable and easily complied with.

We don't believe the Senate can sustain a filibuster, ... Any Democrat that wants to vote against the estate tax is certainly welcome to do so.

I call it small government, grass-roots activism: The Tea Party activists are a part of it, FreedomWorks is part of it. FreedomWorks is the longest-standing, most active organization within this movement.