“Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand.” IfsTryingHouseSpeakRepublicanFoundationStartingCandidatesConventionsRoofNaacp Author:J. C. Watts
“We need to make sure that every child in America goes to a school every day that is safe, will teach them how to read and write, do arithmetic and gain the computer skills necessary to allow them to compete in the global marketplace. If we can get that through the public schools, fine. If we can't, I'm all for parental choice in education to allow that parent to take his/her/their child to a school that is safe and teaches them, even if it is a faith-based school!” IfsNeedsWritingChildrenSchoolAmericaChoicesParentTeachFineSkillsSafeComputerGainsPublic SchoolMarketplaceParentalArithmeticFaith Based 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
“I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to.” IfsNeedsCertainOrderComfortableAcceptedWho I AmSecureGrainValidation 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
“If diversity is O.K. for God, it ought to be O.K. for Republicans.” IfsOughtRepublicanDiversity Author:J. C. Watts
“I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American.” IfsLittlesSaidValuesBitsGrewLittle BitGrew UpAccurateOklahomaEthosAmerican Values Author:J. C. Watts
“I don't know if anybody has moved up the ladder more quickly than I have.” IfsKnowsMovedLadders Author:J. C. Watts
“I'm not one that believes that affirmative action should be based on one's skin color or one's gender, I think it should be done based on one's need, because I think if you are from a poor white community, I think that poor white kid needs a scholarship just as badly as a poor black kid.” IfsThinkingNeedsShouldBelieveDoneKidsActionBlackCommunityWhitePoorColorSkinsGenderScholarshipAffirmative ActionAffirmativeSkin Color 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 past two decades revolutionized the way we access information. You and I can have our questions answered with the click of a mouse at any time of day. If America, both corporation and citizen alike, can use these services to solve problems, why can't Washington?” IfsWayI CanTwoUseProblemAmericaPastInformationCitizensSolveDecadesAccessCorporationsMiceClicksTime Of Day Author:J. C. Watts
“Well, Mark, I led the charge for five or six years to get reforms for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was chairman of an organization called 'FM Policy Focus.' What we were saying was, if there was blip in the housing market, Fannie and Freddie would destabilize the greatest economy in the world.” IfsWorldYearsWellsEconomyFiveFocusPolicySixOrganizationMarkReformHousingChairmanMacsMaeHousing Market Author:J. C. Watts
