There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
Jack Kemp
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There are no morals in politics there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. -
There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high. -
Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot. -
Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department. -
I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.
More quotes by Jack Kemp
- 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.
- I can't understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business.
- 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.
- 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.
- Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.