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' ar...
When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.
It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday...
I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
There's a whole lot more to the African-American community than entertainment and sports.
Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
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 intimat...
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...
The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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.
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 separa...
Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something - history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.
In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.
I would love to be associated with some sports organization. I was a journalism major. That's kind of intriguing, to do something in the political-commentary arena.
Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school.
I'm not driven to get back into politics. It's not on my top five things to do before I die, but saying that, I may be in politics in the next year or the next ten years. I've been on the front line f...
The establishment wonders why we can't get more of the black vote. It's because it's not doing the things necessary to establish a deeper relationship with the black community. Most black people don't...
The strength of America is not in Washington.