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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Individual responsibility, hard work, paying
In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.'
J. C. Watts Quotes: In 2008, as a matter
The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families.
J. C. Watts Quotes: The Republican Party is terrific
A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders,
J. C. Watts Quotes: A Black man voting for
There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.
J. C. Watts Quotes: There's a whole lot more
Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Governor is not the position
I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that. On the flip side of that coin, the Republican Party has been big enough to allow pro-choice advocates to be heard.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I think the Republican Party
You take a poor black child. Give him a good education, tell him he's somebody, that God didn't create junk when he created him, and that black child will create his own affirmative action.
J. C. Watts Quotes: You take a poor black
It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
J. C. Watts Quotes: It doesn't take a lot
I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I would love to be
I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I am willing to compete
The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
J. C. Watts Quotes: The measure of a man
Education is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Education is a bipartisan issue
My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.
J. C. Watts Quotes: My father taught that the
The government taxes you when you bring home a paycheck.
It taxes you when you make a phone call.
It taxes you when you turn on a light.
It taxes you when you sell a stock.
It taxes you when you fill your car with gas.
It taxes you when you ride a plane.
It taxes you when you get married.
Then it taxes you when you die.
This is taxual insanity and it must end.
J. C. Watts Quotes: The government taxes you when
My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
J. C. Watts Quotes: My work in the House
Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was chairman of an organization called 'FM Policy Focus.' What we were saying was, if there was blip in the housing market, Fannie and Freddie would destabilize the greatest economy in the world.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Well, Mark, I led the
Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Death and taxes may be
The establishment wonders why we can't get more of the black vote. It's because it's not doing the things necessary to establish a deeper relationship with the black community. Most black people don't think alike. Most black people just vote alike.
J. C. Watts Quotes: The establishment wonders why we
I never got into politics for it to be a career.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I never got into politics
In 1989 when I switched from Democrat to Republican, with God as my witness, not one thing changed about what I believed about one man and one woman in a marriage or about diversity of color. That's a good thing.
J. C. Watts Quotes: In 1989 when I switched
The Democratic Party has taken the black community for granted and said, 'This is the most loyal constituency we have. They're not going anywhere.' But the Republican Party has said, 'That's the most loyal constituency Democrats have. They're not going anywhere. We've got to win without them.'
J. C. Watts Quotes: The Democratic Party has taken
We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena.
J. C. Watts Quotes: We need to remember that
I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I think Newt Gingrich has
There can't be opportunity or jobs without investment and profit.
J. C. Watts Quotes: There can't be opportunity or
Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Everything I am I owe
Consider in Washington, around the country today we are talking about balanced budgets, paying down our national debt, getting the economy going, defending ourselves, activist judges. Newt Gingrich did all those things when he was speaker. We got tax relief. We got balanced budgets. We got, you know, job creation. We paid down our national debt.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Consider in Washington, around the
Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Like any group that has
There is a war being waged right now on prayer and religion by liberals who are taking every opportunity to make America as God-less as possible.
J. C. Watts Quotes: There is a war being
One of the Republicans' major products is dream making. People are dying to get into this country ... not out of it.
J. C. Watts Quotes: One of the Republicans' major
Affirmative action is a little like the professional football draft. The NFL awards its No. 1 draft choices to the lowest-ranked team in the league. It doesn't do this out of compassion or guilt. It's done for mutual survival. They understand that a league can only be as strong as its weakest team.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Affirmative action is a little
Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Republicans think that the NAACP
When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.
J. C. Watts Quotes: When you look at the
I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I like to call the
It takes a lot of strength to let go
J. C. Watts Quotes: It takes a lot of
I'm not driven to get back into politics. It's not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. I've been on the front line for 12 years, four in state government, eight on the national level.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I'm not driven to get
The past two decades revolutionized the way we access information. You and I can have our questions answered with the click of a mouse at any time of day. If America, both corporation and citizen alike, can use these services to solve problems, why can't Washington?
J. C. Watts Quotes: The past two decades revolutionized
Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Having a Republican candidate speak
I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I believe government should be
Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our leaders cannot agree on the numbers, if 'facts' are fictional, how can they possibly have a substantive debate on solutions?
J. C. Watts Quotes: Republicans and Democrats have used
The American dream does not happen by asking Americans to accept what's immoral and wrong in the name of tolerance.
J. C. Watts Quotes: The American dream does not
That's the way blacks have been encouraged to think: that we got to stick together. You've got a situation today where if a black person says he thinks O.J. Simpson's guilty, other blacks will cut their eyes at him and say, 'You ought to go somewhere and sit down and shut up.'
J. C. Watts Quotes: That's the way blacks have
I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I have often said one
For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for the black community, yet party elite refuse to show up for the game.
J. C. Watts Quotes: For longer than I've been
Most of all, however, critics of black conservatives say we've forgotten where we came from. I may forget a federal budget number or, God forbid, to set the alarm clock for my weekly 6 a.m. flight to Washington, but I know exactly where I came from.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Most of all, however, critics
I think in politics, in Congress, you often do things that are Republican, or you do things because you're a Democrat. Sometimes that's good, obviously, and sometimes that's obviously bad. But in the news business, there's no such thing as Republican or Democratic news. News is news.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I think in politics, in
Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
J. C. Watts Quotes: Everyone tries to define this
When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.
J. C. Watts Quotes: When it comes to the
I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I'm secure in who I
In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.
J. C. Watts Quotes: In my wildest imagination, I
I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most valuable customers, they are very underserved by cable and satellite television programming options.
J. C. Watts Quotes: I guess probably in my
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