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Helms believed that America should stand against dictators and help bring its values of Freedom and Democracy to the world. This belief caused Helms to stand against "Most Favored Nation" status for China (which the Reagan and Nixon Administrations supported). At the same time, Helms stood for a strong national defense and strongly opposed Communism and would occasionally compromise on the humanitarian part of his policy when it suited those aims, such was the case in his support for the dictator Augusto Pinochet. <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/principles/default.asp</ref> Helms also stood up against arms control and nuclear test-ban treaties even when some of these measures were supported by Regan himself <ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b8990d63719.htm</ref>.
Helms believed that America should stand against dictators and help bring its values of Freedom and Democracy to the world. This belief caused Helms to stand against "Most Favored Nation" status for China (which the Reagan and Nixon Administrations supported). At the same time, Helms stood for a strong national defense and strongly opposed Communism and would occasionally compromise on the humanitarian part of his policy when it suited those aims, such was the case in his support for the dictator Augusto Pinochet. <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/principles/default.asp</ref> Helms also stood up against arms control and nuclear test-ban treaties even when some of these measures were supported by Regan himself <ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b8990d63719.htm</ref>.
=== Equal Rights ===
Many in the liberal media considered Helms to be a racist in part due to his antics and standing against racial quotas and other so-called "Affirmative Action" type programs and secondly for his opposition to many African American appointees for federal office<ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/fictionortruth.asp#fic2</ref>. Mr. Helms answered this charge in his biography and on his site. He stood up for qualified African American conservative candidates in the jobs for which they were qualified. He opposed liberal and unqualified African America in the posts for which they were unqualified. Mr. Helms supported candidates such as Claude Allen, Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, and Condoleezza Rice and other conservative black candidates for the positions in which they were qualified and appointed <ref>http://www.jessehelmscenter.org/jessehelms/fictionortruth.asp#fic5</ref>.
== Summary ==
== Summary ==
Helms and his conservative values can be summed up in his own words: "Compromise, hell!" Helms said. "That's what has happened to us all down the line -- and that's the very cause of our woes." <ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b8990d63719.htm</ref>
Helms and his conservative values can be summed up in his own words: "Compromise, hell!" Helms said. "That's what has happened to us all down the line -- and that's the very cause of our woes." <ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b8990d63719.htm</ref>