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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It had been my feeling that AIDS was a disease largely spread by reckless and voluntary sexual and drug-abusing behavior, and that it would probably be confined to those in high-risk populations, ... I was wrong.
If you want to call me a bigot, fine.
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.
I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.
All I know is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man and deeply religious.
Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.
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.
What I am suggesting is hard work and it can be slow work, but the rewards are well worth it.
It's their deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct that is responsible for the disease
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.