J. C. Watts Quotes About Skins

Quotes about: Skins

• 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

  Reality, Skin Color, America

  "Live Chat: Congressman J.C. Watts". The ABC NEWS Interview, abcnews.go.com.

• I was taught to respect everyone for the simple reason that we're all God's children. I was taught, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.... to judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. And I was taught that character...is simply doing what's right when nobody's looking.

  J. C. Watts

  Kings, Children, Character

  J. C. Watts' Republican Response to The President's State of The Union Message, www.cnn.com. February 4, 1997.

• 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.

  J. C. Watts

  Believe, Kids, Thinking

  "J.C. Watts exits political arena". Interview with Paul Begala, www.cnn.com. November 15, 2002.

• I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.

  J. C. Watts

  Character, Thinking, Color

  "Live Chat: Congressman J.C. Watts". The ABC NEWS Interview, abcnews.go.com.

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