J. C. Watts Quotes

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.
J. C. Watts

Character, Wrong, Looking

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

Strength, Takes, Hang

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

Government, Cannot, Used

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

Character, Hard, Everyone

I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.
J. C. Watts

Support, Remind, Caution

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

Strong, Football, Done

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

Against, Order, Secure

If you are explaining, you are losing.
J. C. Watts

Losing, Explaining

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

Love, Faith, Great

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 that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.
J. C. Watts

Different, Thoughts, Point

I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character.
J. C. Watts

Character, Elements, Embrace

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

Politics, Good, Business

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 prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it.
J. C. Watts

Life, Faith, God

I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color.
J. C. Watts

Politics, Society, Forward

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

God, Diversity, Ought

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

Faith, Work, Family

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.
J. C. Watts

Life, Wonderful, Honor

There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.
J. C. Watts

Sports, Whole, Community

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

Learn, Pressure, Oklahoma

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

Today, Job, Down

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

Faith, School, Parents

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

Political, Game, Black

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

Politics, Good, Done

Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa.
J. C. Watts

State, Head, Position

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

Trying, Speak, Stand

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: November 18, 1957

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