They should ask their parents if it would be all right for their son or daughter to marry a Negro. Jesse Helms More Quotes by Jesse Helms More Quotes From Jesse Helms Why build a zoo when we can just put up a fence around Chapel Hill? Jesse Helms hillsfencezoos Compromise, hell! That's what has happened to us all down the line -- and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong, why should those who believe in freedom treat it as if it were a roll of bologna to be bartered a slice at a time? Jesse Helms bolognacausesbelieve White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories? Frank Graham favors mingling of the races. Jesse Helms daughterracewhite The New York Times and Washington Post are both infested with homosexuals themselves. Just about every person down there is a homosexual or lesbian. Jesse Helms homosexualpersonsnew-york On your principles, you should never yield; you should be prepared to be defeated. Nobody likes to be defeated, but you should let everybody know in the most articulate and thoughtful and civil way you can (you don't go out and pick fights with people) that in certain matters that you define as matters of principle you will not budge, you cannot yield, you will not compromise. If you don't have the votes or the winning argument, then you stand to be defeated and rolled over, and you'll just have to come back another day. Jesse Helms thoughtfulfightingwinning If God had wanted us to use the metric system, Jesus would have had 10 apostles. Jesse Helms metricsusejesus 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. Jesse Helms hatecountryschool The interests of the United States are better served by demanding reform and seeing that reform takes place than by removing our influence from the U.N. Jesse Helms united-statesreforminfluence 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. Jesse Helms importantspeakdecision All I know is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man and deeply religious. Jesse Helms enterprisereligiousmen 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. Jesse Helms learningchildrenschool 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. Jesse Helms differencesracetwo I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family. Jesse Helms governmentencouragementwant Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands. Jesse Helms democracygood-thingshands This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones. Jesse Helms north-carolinapoliticaldoe Homosexuals are weak, morally sick wretches. Jesse Helms homosexualsickweak To rob the Negro of his reputation of thinking through a problem in his own fashion is about the same as trying to pretend that he doesn't have a natural instinct for rhythm and for singing and dancing. Jesse Helms fashiondancingthinking 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. Jesse Helms new-yorkamericaworld The Lord did not make me impossible of error. All I've had to offer you is the total dedication in serving you as best I know how. And I've always leveled with you, and always will, knowing full well that everyone will not agree with me. Jesse Helms dedicationerrorsknowing The Negro cannot count forever on the kind of restraint that's thus far left him free to clog the streets, disrupt traffic, and interfere with other men's rights. Jesse Helms rightsforevermen
