I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.

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The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an...

The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an...

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for...

Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for...

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair...

I dare say that a majority of the American people think that having a fair...

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press.

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for...

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for...

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit...

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit...

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.

Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.

Liberals often don't see the problems, and conservatives don't see the promise, of government.

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can...

I suggest to you that increasing the size of America's economic pie - which can...

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of...

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of...

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry;...

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry;...

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect...

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect...

The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.

The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.

I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights...

I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights...

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit...

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit...

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world,...

Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world,...

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall...

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall...