Jesse Helms Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“Such schemes take money from people who can least afford to spend it to support an unneeded bureaucracy that eats money people thought they were providing for education.”

“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.”

“I want our young people to believe as we did that there is no goal too high to reach if they are willing to work.”

“It may surprise people to know that I advocate the reform of the United Nations, not its abolishment.”

“It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.”

“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 on behalf of the things God tells us are important to Him.”

“We have to be a state where business is welcome and jobs are created. We have to demand value for what is spent and we need to continue to resist a lottery.”

“There was no Congressional Club for my first campaign. There was no organized state group of Young Republicans, but there was a dedicated core of young people who volunteered to do anything my campaign needed.”

“It has become more acceptable to describe yourself as a conservative, but not everyone who uses that term about themselves really is truly conservative.”