Jesse Helms Quotes - Page 2

This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones.

All I know is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man and deeply religious.

I want our young people to believe as we did that there is no goal too high to reach if they are willing to work.

This bill attempts to make sure that President Clinton is not allowed to do by Executive Order what Congress has declined to enact in the past two congressional sessions namely, to treat homosexuals as a special class protected under various titles of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble.

We have to be a state where business is welcome and jobs are created. We have to demand value for what is spent and we need to continue to resist a lottery.

I do not intend to allow the Senate to rubber-stamp the president's plan to reward the Chinese Communists.

There was no Congressional Club for my first campaign. There was no organized state group of Young Republicans, but there was a dedicated core of young people who volunteered to do anything my campaign needed.

What I am suggesting is hard work and it can be slow work, but the rewards are well worth it.

That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage.

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.

The Lord did not make me impossible of error. All I've had to offer you is the total dedication in serving you as best I know how. And I've always leveled with you, and always will, knowing full well that everyone will not agree with me.

It may surprise people to know that I advocate the reform of the United Nations, not its abolishment.

The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.

Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.

It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.

I worked in the media from the late 30's through the early 70's. Politics in general became more liberal both nationally and within the state as the years passed.

Such schemes take money from people who can least afford to spend it to support an unneeded bureaucracy that eats money people thought they were providing for education.

America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor.

I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported.

We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support.