J. C. Watts

I never got into politics for it to be a career.

— J. C. Watts

As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.

— J. C. Watts

The strength of America is not in Washington.

— J. C. Watts

There can't be opportunity or jobs without investment and profit.

— J. C. Watts

Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related.

— J. C. Watts

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

— J. C. Watts

It takes a lot of strength to let go

— J. C. Watts

I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children.

— J. C. Watts

Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But…

— J. C. Watts

I still get to preach 14, 15 times a year. But you have to make a living.

— J. C. Watts

I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going…

— J. C. Watts

It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.

— J. C. Watts

There is a direct correlation between education, stable families and incarceration and crime.

— J. C. Watts

When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance…

— J. C. Watts

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

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

— J. C. Watts

There is a war being waged right now on prayer and religion by liberals who are taking every opportunity to make America…

— J. C. Watts

The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that…

— J. C. Watts

In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a…

— J. C. Watts

Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not…

— J. C. Watts

The past two decades revolutionized the way we access information. You and I can have our questions answered with the click of…

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I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices…

— J. C. Watts

I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription…

— J. C. Watts

I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed…

— J. C. Watts

We need to make sure that every child in America goes to a school every day that is safe, will teach them…

— J. C. Watts

Consider in Washington, around the country today we are talking about balanced budgets, paying down our national debt, getting the economy going,…

— J. C. Watts

Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was…

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The Democratic Party has taken the black community for granted and said, 'This is the most loyal constituency we have. They're not…

— J. C. Watts

Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious…

— J. C. Watts

I was taught to respect everyone for the simple reason that we're all God's children. I was taught, in the words of…

— J. C. Watts

The government taxes you when you bring home a paycheck. It taxes you when you make a phone call. It taxes you…

— J. C. Watts

I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should…

— J. C. Watts

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

— J. C. Watts

To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.

— J. C. Watts

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

— J. C. Watts

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

— J. C. Watts

When you look at the results that Newt Gingrich got when he was speaker, he got results for the American people.

— J. C. Watts

I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It…

— J. C. Watts

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

— J. C. Watts

One of the Republicans' major products is dream making. People are dying to get into this country... not out of it.

— J. C. Watts