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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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
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 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.