Jesse Helms Quotes

In March of 1933 we witnessed a revolution in manner, in mores, in the definition of government. What before had been black or white sprang alive with color.

'Putting People First' was progressivism revived and at its best.

Reform is China's second revolution.

You can't find your way to social reform through the forces that made social reform necessary.

I've said the election of Obama has made the hustler less relevant. People took it in a way that I was almost dismissing what I am. And I was like, 'No, it's a good thing!'

Cultural change always precedes political change.

The Democratic Party has been my party over 50 years, where I waged my battle to change America and change the world from its progressive wing.

What I have been trying to do is indict the entire vision of progressivism.

Britain is no longer in the politics of the pendulum, but of the ratchet.

The educated classes are possessed by the idea that in the social domain anything can be accomplished if only one applies enough force and is sufficiently resolute.

The period of radical reform is finished.

Since the war [WWII], the world has been rushing forward at an unprecedented and exhilarating speed … Yet Britain lags behind, lacking the will or the plan which can bring this future within the reach of us all.

No government of which I am a member will ever be a government of reaction.

China can never be reformed from within. The manifold needs of China will be met permanently, completely, only by Christian civilization. .

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

Before becoming a writer, I worked in the media, for the ABC affiliate in Dallas.

My participation in the presidential elections can truly be a step on the path towards the transformation that our country needs so much.

Cultural arenas and institutions that were always liberal are being prodded or dragged further to the left.

What happened to the America we grew up in, the America of Truman, Ike, JFK and Reagan?

I hoped that Obama would be a delivery vehicle for change on issues I care about, but I never expect one politician to be the solution to the diverse array of issues I care about.

I don't think there was a definite day, but it would have been around my mid-20s. I was always interested in the media side of things. When we travelled with England away, or to World Cups, I used to sit with journos while they wrote their copy.

Between social reforms and revolution there exists for the social democracy an indissoluble tie. The struggle for reforms is its means; the social revolution, its aim.

Latin America seemed to be a land where there were only dictators, revolutionaries, catastrophes. Now we know that Latin America can produce also artists, musicians, painters, thinkers, and novelists.

Nelson Mandela understood that social transformation and economic transformation go hand in hand.

It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding about from TV studio to TV studio, writing inconsequential pieces and having a good time. But in the end you have a great sense of personal dissatisfaction.