Famous quotes containing the words jesse, helms, fourth, senate and/or term:
“O Jesse had a wife, a mourner all her life
And the children they were brave,
But the dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard
He laid Jesse James in his grave.”
—Administration in the State of Miss, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Mr. Clinton better watch out if he comes down here. Hed better have a bodyguard.”
—Jesse Helms (b. 1921)
“And he was lost among the waves,
His ship rolled helpless in the sea,
The fourth month of his voyage
He shouted grievously
Beloved, do not think of me.”
—Alun Lewis (19151944)
“I think the Senate ought to realize that I have to have about me those in whom I have confidence; and unless they find a real blemish on a man, I do not think they ought to make partisan politics out of appointments to the Cabinet.”
—Calvin Coolidge (18721933)
“As the term of my relief from this place [Washington, D.C.] approaches, its drudgery becomes more nauseating and intolerable, and my impatience to be with you at Monticello increases daily.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)