Character does count. For too long we have gotten by in a society that says the only thing right is to get by and the only thing wrong is to get caught. Character is doing what's right when nobody is looking...

More quotes by J. C. Watts

On his outreach to the black community as a black Republican. National Public Radio (2002)

On declining to join the Congressional Black Caucus. Hannity & Colmes (1997)

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