Jesse Helms Quotes on Government (6 Quotes)

Giving permanent normal trade relations to the government of China will destroy an important lever that we now have and we have had to influence Chinese behavior, ... We are tossing it aside.

I am astonished that the Indian government was able to catch the U.S. intelligence capability so sound asleep at the switch,

Over 12 years and nearly two Senate terms, Wellstone never wavered in his convictions, but he gradually adjusted his style to the courtly atmosphere of the Senate. Just how well he had adapted was evident in the hours after his campaign plane crashed two miles from a small airport last Friday 175 miles north of Minneapolis. (Also aboard were Wellstone's wife Sheila, daughter Marcia, three campaign-staff members and two pilots. There were no survivors.) Despite the marked contrast between Paul's and my views on matters of government and politics, ... he was my friend. And I was his.

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.

I do not intend to allow the Senate to rubber-stamp the president's plan to reward the Chinese Communists,

Not withstanding our differences, Mrs. Albright is a lady who understands Congress, she understands the important role that Congress must play in developing U.S. foreign policy. However, my support for the nominee should in no way be misconstrued as an endorsement of the Clinton administration's conduct of foreign policy.