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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. "

Thinking , Believe , Kids

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" It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go. "

Strength , Love

" Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. "

Thinking , Integrity , Character

" It takes a lot of strength to let go. "

Letting

" Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. "

Life , Honesty , Inspirational

" 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. "

Reality , Skin , America , Color

" 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. "

Order , Validation , Who

" Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking. "

Character , Trying , Dark

" If you are explaining, you are losing. "

Conservative , Losing

" 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. "

House , Believe , White

" 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. "

Littles

" 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. "

Prayer , Christian , Journey

" You take a poor black child. Give him a good education, tell him he's somebody, that God didn't create junk when he created him, and that black child will create his own affirmative action. "

Children , Giving , Black

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