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Jesse Helms Quotes

Phoenix : AZ : USA | about 1 year ago  
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Jesse Helms Quotes

North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms died on the Fourth of July 2008 at the age of 86.

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.
- Jesse Helms

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!
- Jesse Helms

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.
- Jesse Helms

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  • News Source: The News & Observer | about 1 year ago
    Joe Biden cited former Sen. Jesse Helms at the debate Thursday. The Democratic vice presidential candidate said he was able to work with Senate colleagues like Helms, a staunch conservative, because he treated them respectfully: "I have been able to...
  • News Source: The News & Observer | about 1 year ago
    Every day, Martha Helms drives her Toyota Camry along Kildaire Farm Road in Cary, running errands, shopping and going to church. And every day, her car goes bump, bump, bump in the south-bound lanes on that road between Cary Parkway and Tryon Road,...
  • News Source: Honolulu Advertiser | about 1 year ago
    Infielder Wes Helms and the Florida Marlins agreed today to a $1.9 million, two-year contract. Helms batted .243 this year with five homers and 31 RBIs in 132 It was the 32-year-old's second stint with the Marlins. He hit 10 homers and 19 doubles...
  • News Source: Sun Sentinel | about 1 year ago
    es Helms was delighted to learn on the final day of the regular season the Marlins were interested in bringing him back. He never imagined a deal would be in place less than a week later. The Marlins wasted little time locking up their best pinch-...
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  • Blog Source: 762justice.com
    said to me one day — he — I made a criticism of Jesse Helms. He said, “What would you do if I told you Jesse Helms and Dot Helms had adopted a child who had braces and was in real need?” I said, “I’d feel like a ...
  • Blog Source: blazingcold.blogspot.com
    Mike Mansfield, a former leader of the Senate, said to me one day -- he -- I made a criticism of Jesse Helms. He said, "What would you do if I told you Jesse Helms and Dot Helms had adopted a child who had braces and was in real need? ...
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