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I didn't come to Washington to be a 'yes man' for any president, Democrat or Republican. I didn't come to Washington to get along and win any popularity contests.

— Jesse Helms

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Crime rates and irresponsibility among Negroes are facts of life which must be faced.

New York Times interview (1981)

I'm not going to put a lesbian in a position like that. If you want to call me a bigot, fine.

The Negro cannot count forever on the kind of restraint that’s thus far left him free to clog the streets, disrupt traffic, and interfere with other men’s rights.

What is new? I intend to offer an amendment to correct this grotesque embarrassment to the United States, and particularly the people back home.

Department of State Authorization Act (1994)

To rob the Negro of his reputation of thinking through a problem in his own fashion is about the same as trying to pretend that he doesn't have a natural instinct for rhythm and for singing and dancing.

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