Jesse Helms - Good Riddance

"I've been portrayed as a caveman by some. That's not true. I'm a conservative progressive, and that means I think all men are equal, be they slants, beaners or niggers."

"[Bill Clinton] better watch out if he comes down here [to North Carolina]. He'd better have a bodyguard."

"...in the l8 years and 5 months I've been in the senate, none, none
have been more capable than Dan Quayle."

"Your tax dollars are being used to pay for grade school classes that teach our children that CANNIBALISM, WIFE-SWAPPING, and the MURDER of infants and the elderly are acceptable behavior."

"University of Negroes and Communists".

"Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands."

"I was with some Vietnamese recently, and some of them were smoking two cigarettes at the same time. That's the kind of customers we need!"

"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."

“We don't need to worry about the Indian nuclear tests if India has agreed not to have these weapons in the first place.”

"If God had wanted us to use the metric system, Jesus would have had 10 apostles."

"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."

"There is not one single case of AIDS in this country that cannot be traced in origin to sodomy."