Inside the mind of Jesse Helms (e.g. "Homosexuals are weak, morally sick wretches.")
Sarah Branson
"No, I do not. And neither do the people in the armed forces. Mr.
Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. He'd better have a
bodyguard."
-- When asked in 1994 on CNN if he thought President Clinton was "up to
the job" of serving as Commander-in-Chief
"Let me adjust my hearing aid. It could not accommodate the decibels of
the Senator from Massachusetts. I can't match him in decibels or
Jezebels."
-- After Ted Kennedy made an emotional speech to let foreigners with
HIV become US citizens, 1993.
"The New York Times and Washington Post are both infested with
homosexuals themselves. Just about every person down there is a
homosexual or lesbian."
-- 1995
"The University of Negroes and Communists"
-- Reference to the University of North Carolina devised by Mr. Helms
when he worked for Willis Smith's 1950 U.S. Senate campaign.
"All I know is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man and deeply
religious."
-- Responding to evidence that Roberto D'Aubuisson directed Salvadoran
death squads that murdered thousands of civilians.
"Your tax dollars are being used to pay for grade-school classes that
teach our children that CANNIBALISM, WIFE-SWAPPING and MURDER of
infants and the elderly are acceptable behaviour."
-- Fund raising mailer, 1996
"All Latins are volatile people. Hence, I was not surprised at the
volatile reaction."
-- After Mexicans protested his visit in 1986
"It's their deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct that is
responsible for the disease."
-- Justifying his refusal to give financial support to families of AIDS
victims.
"Homosexuals are weak, morally sick wretches."
-- 1995 radio broadcast
"She's a damn lesbian. I am not going to put a lesbian in a position
like that. If you want to call me a bigot, fine."
-- Explaining why he was opposing the appointment of a woman for a
cabinet post.
"They should ask their parents if it would be all right for their son
or daughter to marry a Negro."
-- In response to Duke University students holding a vigil after Martin
Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, 1968
http://www.bettybowers.com/helms.html
--
Sarah Branson, Barrister at Law, Coram Chambers,
Ground Floor, 4 Brick Court,Temple, London EC4Y 9AD.
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