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
My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics. – Jack Kemp
Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: Id already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy. – 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