10 Quotes & Sayings By Jack Kemp

Jack Kemp was a successful football player, professional golfer, and television commentator. He gained notoriety as a political figure as a Republican member of Congress from New York's 25th congressional district from 1969 to 1981 and as a member of the House Republican leadership. He was elected as a vice president of the United States under President Ronald Reagan and played a key role in developing the reforms that led to the enactment of the Kemp-Roth Tax Cut bill in 1986. He authored several books on American politics and public policy Read more

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There is a kind of victory in good work no matter how humble. Jack Kemp
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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. Jack Kemp
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With the end of the cold war, all the 'isms' of the 20th century - Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism - have failed. Except one. Only democracy has shown itself true the help of all mankind. Jack Kemp
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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble. Jack Kemp
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Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way. Jack Kemp
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Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring prosperity and jobs, ownership and equality of opportunity to all Americans, especially those living in our nation's pockets of poverty. Jack Kemp
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There's no limit to what free men and free women in a free market with free enterprise can accomplish when people are free to follow their dream. Jack Kemp
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My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics. Jack Kemp
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There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people. Jack Kemp