"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..."
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Members of the United States House of RepresentativesBaptists from the United StatesAfrican AmericansPeople from Oklahoma
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Speech at the Republican National Convention (1996-08-13)
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J. C. Watts
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. (born November 18, 1957) is an American politician, clergyman, and athlete. Watts was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District.
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