“ Just as the left has to be more willing to question 'Government knows best,' the right has to rethink its laissez-faire attitude toward government. Jack Kemp
“ Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way. Jack Kemp
“ 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. Jack Kemp
“ There's no limit to what free men and free women in a free market with free enterprise can accomplish when people are free to follow their dream. Jack Kemp
“ 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… Jack Kemp
“ There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side. Jack Kemp
“ I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business. Jack Kemp
“ Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring prosperity and jobs, ownership and equality of opportunity to all Americans, especially those living in… Jack Kemp
“ American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair. Jack Kemp
“ 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 financ… Jack Kemp
“ 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. Jack Kemp
“ The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may. Jack Kemp