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 on business
In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad. J. C. Watts on dad
I think that anybody that stays in school, gets good grades, pays the price, I think we are wealthy enough in the public and the private sector in America to make sure that every child in America that wants to continue their education, they should be able to do that. J. C. Watts on education
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. J. C. Watts on faith
Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important. J. C. Watts on faith
I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it. J. C. Watts on faith
Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school. J. C. Watts on faith
Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important. J. C. Watts on family
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? J. C. Watts on government
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. J. C. Watts on government
I'm not driven to get back into politics. It's not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. I've been on the front line for 12 years, four in state government, eight on the national level. J. C. Watts on government
Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush. J. C. Watts on history
My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home. J. C. Watts on home
I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it. J. C. Watts on hope
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. J. C. Watts on imagination
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. J. C. Watts on marriage
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 on politics
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 on politics
Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics. J. C. Watts on politics
I never got into politics for it to be a career. J. C. Watts on politics