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
Jack Kemp quotes about
We want peace with all our hearts. But peace cannot be achieved through weakness.
American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.
I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich; they want to get rich.
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.
You cannot create employees without first creating employers.
The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
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.
I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
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 don't use labels a lot.
I can't hide my feelings.
There's always cause for concern if bad policies are pursued.
I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.