J. C. Watts Quotes

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

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

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The quote implies that implementing effective policies can lead to positive political outcomes, suggesting that the speaker's actions have been politically advantageous.

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.

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.

Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to ... -J. C. Watts

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

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

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The quote suggests that the speaker did not pursue a career in politics, indicating that their involvement in politics was driven by other motivations or circumstances.

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.

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.

There's a whole lot more to the African-American c... -J. C. Watts

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

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This quote recognizes that the African-American community encompasses diverse aspects beyond entertainment and sports.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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