J. C. Watts Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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?”

“If you are explaining, you are losing.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American.”