This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones.
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Mr. Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He'd better have a bodyguard.Jesse Helms
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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 UN.
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The Indian government has not shot itself in the foot. Most likely it has shot itself in the head, ... By conducting five nuclear tests India made a major miscalculation not merely about the United States but about India's own capability. The Indian government has deluded itself into the absurd assumption that the possession of nuclear weapons will make India into a superpower at a time when hundreds of millions of India's people are in abject poverty.
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We don't need to worry about the Indian nuclear tests if India has agreed not to have these weapons in the first place,
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Madam Ambassador, it's been a joy to work with you while you were at the United Nations.
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