“Liberals don’t care what you do as long as it’s mandatory,” wrote Richard K. “Dick” Armey in his book, The Freedom Revolution (1995). Armey, a Republican U.S. Representative from Texas (1985-2003) and House Majority Leader (1995-2003), has often been given credit for the phrase. Credit has also been given to M. Stanton Evens, director of the National Journalism Center.
 
“Liberals don’t care what you do as long as it’s compulsory” is another variation of the phrase.
 
   
Wikipedia: Dick Armey
Richard Keith “Dick” Armey (pronounced /ˈɑrmi/; born July 7, 1940 in Cando, North Dakota) is a former U.S. Representative from Texas’s 26th congressional district (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003). He was one of the engineers 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. Armey was one of the chief authors of the Contract with America. Armey is also an author and former professor. After his congressional career he worked as a consultant and advisor.
       
Wikipedia: M. Stanton Evans
Medford Stanton Evans (born July 20, 1934) is an American journalist, author and educator. He is the author of eight books, including Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies (2007).
 
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Liberals don’t care what you do as long as it’s compulsory.
M. Stanton Evans
 
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LIBERALS DON’T CARE
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The Freedom Revolution:
The new Republican house majority leader tells why big government failed, why freedom works, and how we will rebuild America
By Richard K. Armey
Washington, DC: Regnery Publ.
1995
Pg. 318:
Liberals don’t care what you do as long as it’s mandatory.
 
9 October 1998, Denver (CO) Post, “The media are too liberal with the ‘moderate’ label” by Mike Rosen, pg. B7:
Liberals don’t care what you do as long as it’s mandatory.
   
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The Nastiest Things Ever Said About Democrats
By Martin Higgins
Guilford, CT: Lyons Press
2006
Pg. 76:
Liberals don’t care what you do as long as it’s compulsory. — M. Stanton Evans, director of the National Journalism Center
     
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Oldgamer
June 04, 2007, 10:28 AM / Re
“Liberals don’t care what you do as long as it’s mandatory.”
—Dick Armey