Jesse Helms
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr.was an American politician and a leader in the conservative movement. He was elected five times as a Republican to the United States Senate from North Carolina. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001 he had a major voice in foreign policy. Helms helped organize and fund the conservative resurgence in the 1970s, focusing on Ronald Reagan's quest for the White House as well as helping many local and regional candidates...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 October 1921
CityMonroe, NC
CountryUnited States of America
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Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.
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.
If God had wanted us to use the metric system, Jesus would have had 10 apostles.
They should ask their parents if it would be all right for their son or daughter to marry a Negro.
Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands.
Homosexuals are weak, morally sick wretches.
Within my own lifetime, I have seen the most ferocious assaults on Christian faith and morals; first on the part of the intellectual community, and then on the part of the government... the federal government has not even tried to conceal its hostility to religion.
What I am suggesting is hard work and it can be slow work, but the rewards are well worth it.
We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support.
The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble.
I do not intend to allow the Senate to rubber-stamp the president's plan to reward the Chinese Communists.
It's their deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct that is responsible for the disease
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.
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.