64 Quotes by Jesse Helms

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    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.

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    In subsequent years the groups you named had important roles in educating people about the real issues in Washington and Raleigh, and within the Democratic Party.

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    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.

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    It had been my feeling that AIDS was a disease largely spread by reckless and voluntary sexual and drug-abusing behavior, and that it would probably be confined to those in high-risk populations, ... I was wrong.

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    As you may know, I've just completed my memoir for Random House. Many of the questions you've asked are discussed at length in there.

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    If the president does so, the treaty will effectively be dead, ... The decision, you see, is the president's and the president's alone.

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