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 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.
The leaders of the Democratic Party aren't soft on Communism. They're soft on Democracy.
I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.
The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.
I know that these are the words that express the true spirit of the Trent Lott who has been my friend for 40 years.
I know that Jim Gibbons as governor of Nevada will represent all the best of this state. I really believe that Jim - as a war hero, as a legislator, as a member of Congress - has spent his whole life preparing for this effort.
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.
anxious to talk about race and related issues, but you can't have a dialogue on race behind closed doors.
We have a chance to bring freedom to all of Asia, including China, and we should pursue it with a very positive engagement proposal of trade and strict adherence to human rights,
To Republicans, I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and wealth by our acceptance of an appropriate role for government in financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall.
Bob, you have to win. I believe with all my heart that you are the right man for the job.
Every time in this century we've lowered the tax rates across the board, on employment, on saving, investment and risk-taking in this economy, revenues went up, not down.