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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

I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#based #because #color #day #ever

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

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

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. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#african-american community #claim #community #different #diverse

I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#i #know #ladder #more #moved