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 Be Called Congressman. - SearchQuotes

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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 be called Congressman.

J C Watts

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