J. C. Watts
J. C. Watts
Julius Caesar "J. C." Watts, Jr.is an American politician from Oklahoma who was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. Watts served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 November 1957
CountryUnited States of America
home house return
My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
dad father titles
In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.
thinking track records
I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results.
support republican reason
I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
politics done policy
Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics.
oklahoma pressure quarterback
As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.
love-is men soul
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.
school responsibility hard-work
Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
men color diversity
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.
law obama-supporters accusing-me
In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam him. I said, 'Well, consider the fact that I voted for impeachment for President Clinton, but it wasn't a personal vote. I voted based on the facts and the law and the Constitution and what we were dealing with.'
children oklahoma imagination
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.
strong character america
To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.
home light government
The government taxes you when you bring home a paycheck. It taxes you when you make a phone call. It taxes you when you turn on a light. It taxes you when you sell a stock. It taxes you when you fill your car with gas. It taxes you when you ride a plane. It taxes you when you get married. Then it taxes you when you die. This is taxual insanity and it must end.
kings children character
I was taught to respect everyone for the simple reason that we're all God's children. I was taught, in the words of Martin Luther King, to judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. And I was taught that character is simply doing what's right when nobody's looking.