Occupation: Former United States Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development Birth: July 13, 1935 Death: May 2, 2009
Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty..
I don't use labels a lot..
If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress..
There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating..
I have come to think that capital punishment should be abolished..
There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble..
We are all the sons or daughters of immigrants - some more recent than others - but all dedicated to the triumph of an idea that serves as the touchs….
There's always cause for concern if bad policies are pursued..
In America, we tax work, investment, employment, savings, and production, while we subsidize non-work, consumption, and debt. It's time we reverse th….
My wife had a miscarriage. We have rarely talked about it. It did make me more aware of the sanctity of human life, how precious every child is..
... giving tax incentives for more labor ownership of company stock will do more to create jobs and increase productivity than all the "emergency ful….
You cannot create employees without first creating employers..
Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out..
You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games..
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….
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….
Conservatives define compassion not by the number of people who recieve some kind of government aid but rather by the number of people who no longer ….
I've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted..
People want opportunity so they can earn security..
My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics..
I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100..