Jesse Helms died! :D :D



Here are some quotes to remember him by:

-"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"

-"It's their deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct that is responsible for the disease" (on gays and AIDS)

-"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"

-"They should ask their parents if it would be all right for their son or daughter to marry a Negro" (on the Duke University students upset by Martin Luther King's assassination)

-"I've never heard once in this chamber anybody say to the homosexuals, 'stop what you're doing.' If they would stop what they're doing there would not be one additional case of AIDS in the United State"

-"If homosexuals would only stop doing what they're doing, There wouldn't be any more AIDS"

-"All Latins are volatile people. Hence, I was not surprised at the volatile reaction" (after Mexicans protested his visit to Mexico in 1986 to investigate allegations of political corruption--essentially, Helms was investigating as to whether or not there might be communists in Mexico)

-"Nevertheless, if the Administration insists on funding these programs I shall not stand in the way, so long as you agree to the following conditions: 1) that no funds be obligated to any affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF) in Haiti, including PROFAMIL; and 2) that no funds be provided directly or indirectly to any group whose programs include producing material intended to be used in a voodoo ceremony ... A.I.D. is funding programs that endorse or legitimize what amounts to witchcraft."

-"You needed that job and you were the best qualified. But they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota" (from his campaign ad)

-"As for homosexuality, The Bible judges it, I do not... There is no justification for AIDS funding far exceeding that for other killer diseases such as cancer, heart trouble, etc. As for [your son] Mark, I wish he had not played Russian roulette in his sexual activity... There is no escaping the reality of what happened" (in a letter to a mother who lost her son to AIDS)

-"These people are intellectually dishonest in just everything they say or do. They start by pretending that it is just another form of love. It's sickening" (on gays)

-"I am not going to put a lesbian in a position like that. If you want to call me a bigot, fine" (on why he was opposing the appointment of a woman to a post in Department of Housing and Urban Development)