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"I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me."
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"My slogan when I ran was that there is no such thing as government money, there is only taxpayer's money, and that cut pretty deep."
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"I don't understand the Democrats' approach to Social Security in this country, and I'm not alone."
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"We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race."
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