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
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.
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.
With all due respect to the president, things are not going to bubble up from the bottom. There has to be some federal leadership here.
There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
Laissez-faire, Darwinian capitalism is not going to work here. Markets do work, but they need the direction of government in situations like this.
He gave the same old speech at 100 miles an hour and got a hard lesson in how far the base has moved away from that,
Just as the left has to be more willing to question 'Government knows best,' the right has to rethink its laissez-faire attitude toward government.
I think Dick Gephardt has made a real error in calculating his possibilities for the year 2000 if that's what he's doing,