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