We can live our own lives in a way that does not bring reproach on the principles we claim to support. — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
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… — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands. — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I do not intend to allow the Senate to rubber-stamp the president's plan to reward the Chinese Communists. — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
They should ask their parents if it would be all right for their son or daughter to marry a Negro. — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
It's their deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct that is responsible for the disease — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble. — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
