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
Homosexuals are weak, morally sick wretches.
Mr. Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He'd better have a bodyguard.
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.
I was with some Vietnamese recently, and some of them were smoking two cigarettes at the same time. That's the kind of customers we need!
I don't care what the New York Times says about me, and no one I care about cares what the New York Times says about me.
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 state as the years passed.
That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage.
America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor.
It may surprise people to know that I advocate the reform of the United Nations, not its abolishment.
All I know is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man and deeply religious.
It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.
There is a big difference between The Merchant of Venice and a photograph of two males of different races in an erotic pose on a marble table top.
We are now considering legislation based on statistics that include name-calling at public rallies as crimes. Are we going on to the school yards of this country and when two kids get angry with each other and call each other names -- what are we going to do, cart them over to the reformatory or add them to the list of 'hate crimes' perpetrators? This is ridiculous.
I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family.