Jesse Helms Quotes

Of course, we will face fear, experience ridicule, and meet opposition. Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for principle. Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never.

I've stuck by my beliefs, I'm not going to change.

Don't compromise when you're right.

If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.

If I've learned one thing in life, it's: Stand for something or you'll fall for anything.

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.

I've always said there is a boulevard that exists between compromising your principles and getting everything you want. Now, we should never compromise our principles. And I never have. Those are the things that people vote for you on, that's the core of who you are. But there's always a boulevard between that and getting everything you want.

A man of conviction is often more to be desired than a man of experience.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

I'm willing to negotiate, but not compromise my core principles.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

I don't think that has to be our choice... This party was born in principle. This party will die if it doesn't stand by its decision of principle.

I think it's wrong to compromise your values to fit in with the social climate in Washington, D.C. When it comes to spending, I'm not compromising. I don't care who, what, when or where, I'm not compromising.

I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.

But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to serve in the Senate if I arrive there without permission to do the things I think need to be done.

Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

I would rather have a man that knows and loves what he fights for... than a man which you call a "gentleman".

I won't say I'm uncompromising, but I won't compromise just for the hell of it.

Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important.

At the end of the day, I'm fighting for the things I said I'd fight for.

I always tell young people to hold on to their dreams. And sometimes you have to stand up for what you think is right even if you have to stand alone.

I'm always going to stand up for my beliefs and stand behind them.

You have to stand on your beliefs.