Armey's Axioms

DICK ARMEY served in the United States Congress for eighteen years, culminating in eight years as House majority leader. In Congress, he was the ranking Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, the chairman of the Republican Conference, and, most recently, the chairman of the Select Committee on Homeland Security. A conservative Texas Republican known for his often-confrontational style, he holds a Ph.D. in economics and taught at the University of North Texas before running for Congress. Armey is currently a Senior Policy Advisor at Piper Rudnick, a law firm, and cochairman of Citizens for a Sound Economy, an organization that promotes free markets and limited government. His books include The Freedom Revolution and The Flat Tax.

Foreword by Sean Hannity.Preface.ARMEY'S ULTIMATE AXIOM: NUMBER 1: Freedom works.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 2: Macho hurts.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 3: Tattoos last forever.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 4: You can't stand on principle with feet of clay.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 5: You can't get ahead while you're getting even.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 6: If you love peace more than freedom, you lose.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 7: If you demagogue it, you own it.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 8: You can't get your finger on the problem if you've got it to the wind.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 9: The politics of greed is wrapped in the language of love.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 10: There is nothing so arrogant as a self-righteous income redistributor.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 11: A little man can whip a big man every time if he's in the right and keeps on a-comin'.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 12: No one spends someone else's money as wisely as he spends his own.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 13: If it's about your power, you lose.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 14: If you make a deal with the devil, you are the junior partner.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 15: If you want the divorce, you give up the house.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 16: Politics sooner or later makes a fool out of everyone.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 17: Political ambition is a great compromiser.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 18: A man will fight like a cornered rat if his chicken manure is at stake.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 19: It's a wonder how much will get done when people are concerned with who gets the credit.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 20: Insecurity is an audacity in light of the Lord's promise: I will never leave you nor forsake you.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 21: Liberals love feelings too much, conservatives love facts too much.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 22: If you insist on center stage, you get the tomatoes.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 23: Conservatives believe it when they see it, liberals see it when they believe it.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 24: Conservatives are afraid the public will not understand, liberals are afraid the public will understand.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 25: The greater the pretension, the greater the hypocrisy.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 26: If you don't weep when you must, you'll weep forever.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 27: The idea is bigger than the man.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 28: No man can ever lose his daddy's spurs.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 29: It's better to be a pleasant surprise than a bitter disappointment.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 30: Your worst enemies are your best friends.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 31: The wise hen doesn't cackle until the egg is laid.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 32: You can't hunt with the big dogs dressed like a bone.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 33: Ninety percent of all talk is unnecessary.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 34: If you are going to go ugly, go ugly early.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 35: Never let your face show how bad they are kicking your rear.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 36: Old fogies don't tolerate young fogies.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 37: Don't go back and check on a dead skunk.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 38: If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we would all have a merry Christmas.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 39: There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule.ARMEY'S AXIOM NUMBER 40: Washington is a city of young idealists and old cynics.