A biography for Jack Kemphasn’t been written yet.
“I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.”
“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.”
“Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy.”
“There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.”
“I don't use labels a lot.”
“I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.”
“To Republicans, I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and wealth by our acceptance of an appropriate role for government in financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall.”
“I unabashedly, unashamedly, unequivocally support the explosion of entrepreneurs in the capitalist system.”
“Winning is like shaving - you do it every day or you wind up looking like a bum.”
“American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.”
“The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.”
“Democracy without morality is impossible.”
“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.”
“I can't hide my feelings.”
“Quarterbacks are always ready.”
“People want opportunity so they can earn security.”
“I think the American people want to see the interactivity between candidates and audiences, and tough questions posed by people and how you handle them under fire.”
“He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.”
“Its no secret that I've never liked tax credits.”
“The zeitgeist is for cutting spending and balancing the budget. But I do not want the Republican Party to be perceived as putting the budget ahead of people, jobs and education.”