Quotes from Jesse Helms

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

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

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

What I am suggesting is hard work and it can be slow work, but the rewards are well worth it.

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.

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 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.

Your tax dollars are being used to pay for grade school classes that teach our children that cannibalism, wife-swapping and the murder of infants and the elderly are acceptable behavior