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I played football.. my football was kosher.. no pigskin.

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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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Kosher
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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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The only way to oppose a bad idea is to replace it with a good idea.
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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've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted.
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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 would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.
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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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You cannot create employees without first creating employers.
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My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.
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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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Democracy without morality is impossible.
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I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.
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... giving tax incentives for more labor ownership of company stock will do more to create jobs and increase productivity than all the emergency full employment bills proposed.
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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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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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Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.
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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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Football is a metaphor for the kind of country we want to create. It's based on merit.
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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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