J C Watts quotes

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.