Jesse Helms
Conservative icon, North Carolina Senator
FEATURED INTERVIEW: 8/13/05 - Yes to No Senator. “I did not enjoy the campaign trail and I never considered myself an eloquent speaker or debater, but I was always happy to set out conservative ideas in a way folks could understand and appreciate.” (nationalreview)
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10/16/05 - Senator Helms: “Here’s Where I Stand.” Helms discusses his three decades in the U.S. Senate and the hot-button issues he was involved in, from Roe v. Wade to the AIDS crisis. (washingtonpost)
4/13/05 - “I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn’t agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported. I changed my registration when I realized that I had no good answer to her honest question.” (conservativemonitor)
8/23/01 - I asked Helms: Must one be a Christian to be a good American? “No,” he said, rolling the question around in his mind. Then he added, cheerfully: “But it helps.” Howard Troxler recalls a 1982 interview with Jesse Helms. (sptimes)
5/95 - “I’m not an isolationist-don’t think I am, depends on who’s defining it-but we shouldn’t run around and try to police the world because we don’t have the resources to do it. So that takes care of all the philosophical arguments right there. Besides, the other countries with resources and defense capability, they’re virtually sitting on their hands.” (taemag)
11/23/94 - Helms remarks on his comment that President Clinton was so unpopular on military bases in North Carolina that he “better have a bodyguard” if he visits the state. (nytimes)
3/08/74 - Transcript with HTML link: Oral History Interview with Jesse Helms. (unc)
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1974 - Short excerpt from a 1974 interview between Jack Bass and North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms. (learnnc)
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