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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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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 played football.. my football was kosher.. no pigskin.
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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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Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.
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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 never met a poor person who wanted to soak the rich they want to get rich.
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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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Democracy without morality is impossible.
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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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I am shocked that Republicans can't explain why our technological and economic advantages are the result of sound monetary and economic policy.
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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 think Bush understands the Internet and the incredible expansion of global e-commerce.
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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 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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If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.
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In a recent fire Bob Dole's library burned down. Both books were lost. And he hadn't even finished coloring one of them.
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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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Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual's effort and reward for that effort.
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There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
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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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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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