Jack Kemp Professions : Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Born : July 13, 1935 Died : May 2, 2009 Browse All Authors Top 79 quotes by Jack Kemp Conservatives define compassion not by the number of people who recieve some kind of government aid but rather by the number of people who no longer need it. Jack Kemp government compassion numbers Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum. Jack Kemp shaving winning wind The power of one man or one woman doing the right thing for the right reason, and at the right time, is the greatest influence in our society. Jack Kemp our-society motivational men 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. Jack Kemp team success sports When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities. Jack Kemp fda opportunity jobs 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 dream men people There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people. Jack Kemp future limits people The chance to own a home; chance to own an education; chance to get access to capital. This is the real civil rights battle of the twenty-first century. Jack Kemp real rights home My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics. Jack Kemp partisans passion ideas I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools. Jack Kemp liberty believe school All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off. Jack Kemp black party taken If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress. Jack Kemp congress united-states america We must win the war on poverty by enlisting the greatest weapon ever invented - free enterprise Jack Kemp enlisting winning war Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out. Jack Kemp growth mean people The only way to oppose a bad idea is to replace it with a good idea. Jack Kemp good-ideas way ideas In America, we tax work, investment, employment, savings, and production, while we subsidize non-work, consumption, and debt. It's time we reverse this trend. Jack Kemp employment saving america 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! Jack Kemp religious christian believe He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls. Jack Kemp trickle-down niagara-falls fall I have come to think that capital punishment should be abolished. Jack Kemp death-penalty punishment thinking There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating. Jack Kemp debate thoughtful reform Similar Authors Alphonso Jackson former-united-states-secretary-of-housing-and-urban-development Henry Cisneros former-united-states-secretary-of-housing-and-urban-development All Authors
