James G. Watt Quotes

• They kill good trees to put out bad newspapers.

  James G. Watt

  Tree, Environmental, Forests

  "Weinberger and the press: point, counterpoint" by Richard Halloran, www.nytimes.com. 1982.

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• After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back.

  James G. Watt

  Tree, Lasts, Christ

  "A blessing in disguise" by Edward Helmore, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2005.

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• My responsibility is to follow the Scriptures which call upon us to occupy the land until Jesus returns.

  James G. Watt

  Jesus, Responsibility, Land

  The Washington Post, May 24, 1981.

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• I was driven from my position as Interior Secretary, not because of my environmental record, but because of my Christian beliefs. That's the real struggle.

  James G. Watt

  Christian, Religious, Real

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• Early American speeches, from Washington's to Patrick Henry's, have been detheologized in history textbooks. No one has called it censorship.

  James G. Watt

  Christian, Religious, Speech

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• Liberals have shifted government into a position of being neutral between right and wrong. By concentrating power in government institutions, liberals chisel at the three pillars of society: the family unit, work ethic and faith. That's not good for America.

  James G. Watt

  America, Government, Work Ethic

  U.S. News and World Report, November 11, 1985.

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• In the 1980s... it was a liberal philosophy of government that changed the rules to suit its own political ends. We were forfeiting our freedoms to conform to a humanistic philosophy that was patently antireligious.

  James G. Watt

  Christian, Religious, Philosophy

  James G. Watt, Doug Wead (1985). “The courage of a conservative”, Simon & Schuster

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