Jesse Helms

"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."

"I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family."

"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."

"Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals."

"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."