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
Lately the First Amendment has been interpreted to deny equal protection of the law to those who believe in God. The Constitution established freedom for religion, not freedom from religion!
There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.
The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.
We are all the sons or daughters of immigrants - some more recent than others - but all dedicated to the triumph of an idea that serves as the touchstone of what it means to be an American. This America is the only America that we have hitherto known - if being conservative has anything to do with conserving the principles of our past, then no conservative has any business bashing legal immigration.
Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.
My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.
I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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.
Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for.
Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
People want opportunity so they can earn security.
We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.