Quotes by J. C. Watts

About J. C. Watts:

Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. is an American politician from Oklahoma who was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. Watts served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District.
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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...

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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.

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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 substant...

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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 th...

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My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.

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Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.

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In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.

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I think that anybody that stays in school, gets good grades, pays the price, I think we are wealthy enough in the public and the private sector in America to make sure that every child in America that wants to continue their education, they should be...

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Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics.

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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.

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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.

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Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.

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I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in praye...

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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.

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If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.

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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.

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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.

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Serving in Congress has been more than an honor; it has been one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life... It has been a wonderful ride. It has been a wonderful journey.

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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.

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Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught.

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Author Bio

  • NameJ. C. Watts
  • DescriptionAmerican politician
  • BornNovember 18, 1957
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician