Carolina Quotes[Voters] "sent me to Washington to vote no against excessive Federal spending, against forced busing of little schoolchildren, and to vote no against the forces who have driven God out of the classroom.
Jesse Helms Carolinian
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News & Observer, June 26, 1983 quoted in The New York Times (1994)
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- 1983
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“[Voters] "sent me to Washington to vote no against excessive…” Jesse Helms. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-5F8C0D96D5. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/5f8c0d96d5
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