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
The only way to oppose a bad idea is to replace it with a good idea.
The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century.
There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
There's no limit to what free men and free women in a free market with free enterprise can accomplish when people are free to follow their dream.
I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.
Conservatives define compassion not by the number of people who recieve some kind of government aid but rather by the number of people who no longer need it.
The power of one man or one woman doing the right thing for the right reason, and at the right time, is the greatest influence in our society.
We must win the war on poverty by enlisting the greatest weapon ever invented - free enterprise
All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.
Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.
He's made some faux pas. When he said 'I'm Bob Dole's right arm,' I couldn't believe it.
The federal government is the only one that can provide immediate assistance.
I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
I know that these are the words that express the true spirit of the Trent Lott who has been my friend for 40 years.