Jack Kemp
Jack Kemp
Jack French Kempwas an American politician and a professional gridiron football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a congressman for Western New York's 31st congressional district from 1971 to 1989. He was the Republican Party's nominee for Vice President in the 1996 election, where he was the running mate of presidential nominee Bob Dole. Kemp had previously contended for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 July 1935
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
anxious to talk about race and related issues, but you can't have a dialogue on race behind closed doors.
If you're here legally, if you're here lawfully, you ought to be able to contribute to the candidate of your choice.
If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
Every team requires unity. A team has to move as one unit, one force, with each person understanding and assisting the roles of his teammates. If the team doesn't do this, whatever the reason, it goes down in defeat. You win or lose as a team, as a family.
The zeitgeist is for cutting spending and balancing the budget. But I do not want the Republican Party to be perceived as putting the budget ahead of people, jobs and education.
With the end of the cold war, all the 'isms' of the 20th century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism - have failed. Except one. Only democracy has shown itself true the help of all mankind.
I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.
My wife had a miscarriage. We have rarely talked about it. It did make me more aware of the sanctity of human life, how precious every child is.
There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
Democracy is not a mathematical deduction proved once and for all time. Democracy is a just faith fervently held, commitment to be tested again and again in the fiery furnace of history.
I played football.. my football was kosher.. no pigskin.
I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.
Football is a metaphor for the kind of country we want to create. It's based on merit.