“Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.” OpportunityPrinciplesHabitRepublicanVoteDemocratLive BySheer Author:J. C. Watts
“If a 25-year old can't read and write and he or she isn't gaining marketable skills, it doesn't matter if a Republican or a Democrat is in the White House. His or her future will be bleak.” IfsWritingYearsMatterHouseWhiteRepublicanSkillsDemocratWhite HouseBleak Author:J. C. Watts
“We have seen the Democrat solution to an energy crisis; it's called California.” EnergySolutionsCrisisDemocratCaliforniaEnergy Crisis Author:J. C. Watts
“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?” IfsBelieveFactsGovernmentUsedNumbersLeaderRepublicanSolutionsAgreeDemocratDebateAnalysisDeceivingCompetingAccountingGimmicks Author:J. C. Watts
“You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.” PeopleBlackWhiteRepublicanDemocratLabelsStereotypeHang Ups Author:J. C. Watts
“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.” MenOne ThingChangedColorRepublicanDiversityGood ThingsDemocratWitnessOne ManOne Woman Author:J. C. Watts
“Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations.” IfsTryingBelieveReasonPoliticalPurposeHouseI BelieveWhiteSeriousNeededRepublicanVoteDemocratCongressWhite HouseControlledSenateReparations Author:J. C. Watts
“The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families.” PeoplePartyRepublicanBenefitsProgramImpactDemocratBudgetsAgendasRepublican PartyTerrificExplaining Author:J. C. Watts
“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.” ThinkingSometimesBusinessRepublicanNewsDemocraticDemocratCongress Author:J. C. Watts