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Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for.

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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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We want peace with all our hearts. But peace cannot be achieved through weakness.
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The leaders of the Democratic Party aren't soft on Communism. They're soft on Democracy.
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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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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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When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.
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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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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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