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Julho 5, 2008

Jesse Helms (1921-2008)

Arquivado em: Internacional, Política — André Azevedo Alves @ 01:55

America never promises anybody happiness – only the pursuit of happiness, whether it manifests itself in the ownership of an automobile or a home or in any one of a thousand other ways. The genius of America is not in winning something or in being given it. The miracle of America is the opportunity to strive and work and earn the things we really want.

- Senator Jesse Helms
Where Free Men Shall Stand
“July Fourth – A Lesson Learned”

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  1. Jesse Helms:

    “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.

    “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 behavior.”
    – 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

    “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.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/us/politics/00helms.html?_r=2&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1215347056-ODWC8NcOszQ8FlkSn8XQdA

    Comentário por Ant — Julho 6, 2008 @ 13:26

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