Our party was founded on the irresistible idea that the Declaration of Independence applies to everyone, mr. Lincoln inspired our party with the conviction that the ultimate source of progress and prosperity is the equal freedom of all Americans to fulfill their hopes and dreams for a better future.

Jack Kemp

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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.

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Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up look... by Jack Kemp

Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.

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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.

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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.

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When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.

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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.

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There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our p... by Jack Kemp

There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.

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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.

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My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan o... by Jack Kemp

My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.

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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.

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All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.

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If we are to change America, we must change the United States Con... by Jack Kemp

If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.

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We must win the war on poverty by enlisting the greatest weapon e... by Jack Kemp

We must win the war on poverty by enlisting the greatest weapon ever invented - free enterprise

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Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out. by Jack Kemp

Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.

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The only way to oppose a bad idea is to replace it with a good id... by Jack Kemp

The only way to oppose a bad idea is to replace it with a good idea.

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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.

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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!

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He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls. by Jack Kemp

He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.

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I have come to think that capital punishment should be abolished. by Jack Kemp

I have come to think that capital punishment should be abolished.

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There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.

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