I do not intend to allow the Senate to rubber-stamp the president's plan to reward the Chinese Communists.
Jesse HelmsI fight for what I believe. If you are not willing to stand up for what you believe, your beliefs are not strong enough.
Jesse HelmsOn 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 HelmsI 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