"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 all mankind."
-Jack Kemp
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"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.“
-Jack Kemp
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"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."
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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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"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 our nation's pockets of poverty."
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"My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics."
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"There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people."
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