Metric system Quotes by Jesse Helms

Compromise, hell! That's what has happened to us all down the line -- and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is…

— Jesse Helms

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

— Jesse Helms

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

— Jesse Helms

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

— Jesse Helms

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…

— Jesse Helms

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

— Jesse Helms

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

— Jesse Helms

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

— Jesse Helms

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

— Jesse Helms

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

— Jesse Helms

If you want to call me a bigot, fine.

— Jesse Helms

The New York Times and Washington Post are both infested with homosexuals themselves. Just about every person down there is a homosexual or lesbian.

— Jesse Helms

White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills…

— Jesse Helms

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…

— Jesse Helms

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…

— Jesse Helms