"Conservatives define compassion not by the number of people who receive some kind of government aid but rather by the number of people who no longer need it."
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Members of the United States House of RepresentativesPeople from Los AngelesUnited States presidential candidates, 1988Republican Party (United States) politiciansUnited States Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development
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Jack Kemp
Jack French Kemp (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician and a professional player in both American football and Canadian football. A member of the Republican Party from New York, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1989. He was the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee in the 1996 election, as the running mate o
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