Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.
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Jack Kemp
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About Jack Kemp
Jack French Kemp was an American politician, professional football player, and U.S. Army veteran who served as the ninth U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 to 1989. He was the party's vice presidential nominee in the 1996 U.S. presidential election, running alongside with presidential nominee Bob Dole; they lost to Dem…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Jack KempWith 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…
The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.
American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.
I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
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.
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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 finan…
There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.
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…
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.
I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.
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.