Jesse Ventura Quotes (60 Quotes)


    I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.

    gain their stranglehold control of the party again.

    when I said 'much ado about nothing,' I was putting myself in the place of these particular individuals who defy death and who are asked to go out in some instances and kill people.

    I don't want a Democrat in the board room and I don't want a Republican in the bedroom, ... Democrats can't do business ... and all Republicans want to do is get in your bedroom and tell you what you should do in the privacy of your own home.

    Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.


    I'm going to come out now and make statements, 'Do we dare have a Democratic governor and a Democratic Legislature' If that's the case, hand over your wallet. 'Cause the government's going to have you living on an allowance,

    I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.

    one bit how union jobs are going to leave America based on a trade relationship with China.

    Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else.

    If you don't forge ahead to open China's markets, rest assured the window of opportunity will be lost, ... The Europeans would like nothing better than for the U. S. Congress to continue fussing over this agreement.


    I don't support abortion. I could never participate in one. But I think it would be a mistake to make them illegal again.

    I don't believe we need the government's help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend.

    Industrial hemp is a very useful plant. I challenged the attorney general to get rid of the criminal stigma associated with hemp so we can look at it in terms of how it might be useful.


    We owe him a great debt for the foundation of our party and for putting himself on the line for two sessions, ... From him we learned that a third party can be taken seriously.

    Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

    The first part of it I thought was excellent. When Rick Kahn got up, I left the building halfway through what he was doing,

    If baseball is your business, you can meet in Chicago, conspire to control output to maximize profits and it's perfectly legal, ... That's not fair and you should do something about it.

    When the Constitution gave us the right to bear arms, it also made us responsible for using them properly. It's not fair of us as citizens to lean more heavily on one side of that equation than on the other.

    We alone cannot prevent China from entering the WTO and trading with everybody else,

    If he decides to the negative -- that he doesn't want to be a candidate -- then that makes me look kind of stupid, and I don't like looking stupid.

    I don't think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. There's always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent.

    If I could be reincarnated as a fabric, I would come back as a 38 double-D bra.

    The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to charity.

    I don't know why I'm being attracted to gambling considering I don't do it myself very often. Just because I personally don't partake so much doesn't mean that I can't be an advocate for it if people do indulge in it because it's entertainment.

    There's no question that we need tougher drunk-driving laws for repeat offenders. We need to take a lesson from European countries where driving isn't a right but a privilege.

    I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.

    I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack.

    If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.



    I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector.

    Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.

    I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

    As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local issue. It's the cops' job to tighten down on criminals.

    There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

    Going on projections, I think, is a very dangerous thing to do, because if the economy were to switch or change, those projections become meaningless, ... Face The Nation.

    We're both very well aware that it's naturally going to be those middle voters who will determine the presidential election, ... I mean, the vice president's a bright man. He understands that. Naturally, he has to focus on the independent voter. The independent voter determines who wins. I'm more pleased about the fact that we're both wearing jeans today, so my press won't criticize me.

    I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm going to be honest. I'm going to continue to speak my mind, and that's who I am.

    Certainly if he announces, if he will be a candidate, he will absolutely get my full consideration, ... I don't put the cart in front of the horse and until he becomes a candidate, he becomes the horse.

    I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.

    Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me.

    Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.

    Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way.

    We don't have to approve of (China's) human rights record to help improve them,

    All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays... a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.

    It's going to be a tragic loss when Warren goes, because we're going to lose a tremendous talent and somewhat of a conscience,

    go by projections because if I believed in projections, I wouldn't be the governor of Minnesota today, because nobody projected me to win.

    Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.


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