“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
“Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice.” ThinkingBlackVoiceCommunityRepublicanBlack CommunityNaacp Author:J. C. Watts
“One of the Republicans' major products is dream making. People are dying to get into this country... not out of it.” PeopleCountryDreamDyingProductsRepublicanMajors Author:J. C. Watts
“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
“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
“I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that. On the flip side of that coin, the Republican Party has been big enough to allow pro-choice advocates to be heard.” ThinkingShouldHas BeensEnoughBigsChoicesSidesPartyHeardRepublicanApologizingRepublican PartyCoinsFlipPro LifePro Choice Abortion 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 have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.” SaidReasonSupportRepublicanEstablishmentDon't TrustGop 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
“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.” WantShowsPoliticalGamesProcessBlackCommunityPartyInvolvedRepublicanRefuseAlternativesEstablishmentElitesBlack Community 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
“A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders.” MenBlackRepublicanVotingChickens 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
