Jesse Helms Quotes

Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands.

I have tried at every point to seek God's wisdom on the decisions I made, and I made it my business to speak up on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him.

It's their deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct that is responsible for the disease

They should ask their parents if it would be all right for their son or daughter to marry a Negro.

The interests of the United States are better served by demanding reform and seeing that reform takes place than by removing our influence from the UN.

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 fight for what I believe. If you are not willing to stand up for what you believe, your beliefs are not strong enough.

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

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.

If you want to call me a bigot, fine.

I don't care what the New York Times says about me, and no one I care about cares what the New York Times says about me.

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.

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

I've been portrayed as a caveman by some. That's not true. I'm a conservative progressive, and that means I think all men are equal, be they slants, beaners, or niggers.

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

Homosexuals are weak, morally sick wretches.

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.

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

Our constituency aren't the type of people to be on the Internet.

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.

Your tax dollars are being used to pay for grade school classes that teach our children that CANNIBALISM, WIFE-SWAPPING, and the MURDER of infants and the elderly are acceptable behavior.

We are now considering legislation based on statistics that include name-calling at public rallies as crimes. Are we going on to the school yards of this country and when two kids get angry with each other and call each other names
what are we going to do, cart them over to the reformatory or add them to the list of 'hate crimes' perpetrators? This is ridiculous.

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.

On your principles, you should never yield; you should be prepared to be defeated. Nobody likes to be defeated, but you should let everybody know in the most articulate and thoughtful and civil way you can (you don't go out and pick fights with people) that in certain matters that you define as matters of principle you will not budge, you cannot yield, you will not compromise. If you don't have the votes or the winning argument, then you stand to be defeated and rolled over, and you'll just have to come back another day.

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

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

In subsequent years the groups you named had important roles in educating people about the real issues in Washington and Raleigh, and within the Democratic Party.

There is a big difference between The Merchant of Venice and a photograph of two males of different races in an erotic pose on a marble table top.

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 was with some Vietnamese recently, and some of them were smoking two cigarettes at the same time. That's the kind of customers we need!

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.

To rob the Negro of his reputation of thinking through a problem in his own fashion is about the same as trying to pretend that he doesn't have a natural instinct for rhythm and for singing and dancing.