"I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family." ― Jesse Helms Topic(s): Faith More From Jesse Helms "That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage." "Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals." "Such schemes take money from people who can least afford to spend it to support an unneeded bureaucracy that eats money people thought they were providing for education." More In Faith "Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it."― Anton Chekhov "Faith activates God – Fear activates the Enemy."― Joel Osteen "Man, I just feel blessed… I was in a situation where the only way I could come out of it was by putting my faith in God. No matter how good my lawyers were, no matter how much celebrity I had, everything was just stacked up against me."― Puff Daddy