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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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Jack Kemp
Age: 73 †
Born: 1935
Born: July 13
Died: 2009
Died: May 2
American Football Player
Businessperson
Canadian Football Player
Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
Politician
LA
California
Jack French Kemp
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I think it is important for all those young out there - who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and kick it and run with it and put it in your hands - [that] a distinction should be made that football is democratic capitalism, whereas soccer is a European socialist sport.
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The only way to oppose a bad idea is to replace it with a good idea.
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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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Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.
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Democracy without morality is impossible.
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I never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich they want to get rich.
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I think Bush understands the Internet and the incredible expansion of global e-commerce.
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There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
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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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He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.
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The Soviet Union represents a threat in terms of might. It is a joke in terms of its economy and what it has to offer the Third World - a laughingstock to countries that are looking for an economic-development model.
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There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
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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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Football is a metaphor for the kind of country we want to create. It's based on merit.
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The leaders of the Democratic Party aren't soft on Communism. They're soft on Democracy.
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There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
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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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The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.
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I played football.. my football was kosher.. no pigskin.
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I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.
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