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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

#blackness #character #christianity #conservatism #defined

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

#because #business #congress #democrat #democratic

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

— J. C. Watts

#god #ought #republicans

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

— J. C. Watts

#faith #family #hard #hard work #important

In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#cherish #congressman #dad #deal #great

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#discretion #must #schoolmasters #temper

As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#oklahoma #perform #pressure #quarterback #under

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

— J. C. Watts

#everything #faith #i #i am #old

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

#been #black #black community #claimed #community

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

— J. C. Watts

#governor #head #head coach #oklahoma #position