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
There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
Quarterbacks are always ready.
I've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted.
The leaders of the Democratic Party aren't soft on Communism. They're soft on Democracy.
We want peace with all our hearts. But peace cannot be achieved through weakness.
There's only one race - it's human. We are all brothers and sisters.
I played football.. my football was kosher.. no pigskin.
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.
Health care amounts to l4% of our GNP-a lot of money. It is the size of the Italian economy. And the president turned it over to his wife.
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.