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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.

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Jack Kemp
Age: 73 †
Born: 1935
Born: July 13
Died: 2009
Died: May 2
American Football Player
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Canadian Football Player
Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
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LA
California
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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.
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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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I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.
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I've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted.
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The only law we broke was the Brezhnev doctrine that once a country is in the Soviet bloc it cannot be overthrown.
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The leaders of the Democratic Party aren't soft on Communism. They're soft on Democracy.
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I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
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