Political Quotes

“there are many traditions in the southland, where I am proud to have my roots. I represent the Commonwealth of Virginia. We have the saying ``a Virginia gentleman.'' Time will tell as to whether I will ever be able to earn that title. But the great Senator to my right in this Chamber, Jesse Helms, has earned many times over the title ``a gentleman from North Carolina'' and a ``gentleman of the Senate.'' I have had the privilege of working with him throughout my 24 years in this Chamber. He has been a leader and an inspiration. He has helped me and other Senators as we have joined in this magnificent Chamber time and time again to work our will, to represent our constituents, and he always reminds us that we are here for the whole Nation as United States Senators. Jesse Helms is a man of unquestioned integrity, honesty, character, wit, and wisdom. And now with his lovely wife Dorothy, they seek other challenges in life. I never think of my colleague as retiring. He is going on to other challenges, where he will apply the same passion, the same vigor, the same energy, and the same insight into those issues about which he feels so strongly. We were never in doubt as to where the senior Senator from North Carolina stood on an issue. To his everlasting credit, he learned every day he was in the Senate.”