J. C. Watts Quotes
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.
J. C. Watts
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Napoleon Hill
I believe in God. God created the world.
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Pat Robertson
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Victor Hugo
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Natalie Dormer
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Rachel Kushner
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Olivia De Havilland
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Barbara De Angelis
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Jackie DeShannon
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Patrick Swayze
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K. Flay
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A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.
Plato
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.
J. C. Watts
