"I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government." ― Jack Kemp Topic(s): Government More From 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 financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall." "Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism." "I can’t understand why the Democratic parties seem so hostile to economic growth and business." More In Government "When the news is good, the BBC view is: ‘Get the government out of the picture quickly, don’t allow them to say anything about it.’ When the news is bad: ‘Let’s all dump on the government.’"― Iain Duncan Smith "How can you look at the Texas legislature and still believe in intelligent design?"― Kinky Friedman "I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world."― Russell Baker