Jesse Ventura Quotes
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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.
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The thing is, and Americans are starting to realize this now, that while street gangs are violent, the Democrats and Republicans are worse. They are worse because their decisions affect your life.
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Love is bigger than government.
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My father used to always say to me that, you know, if a guy goes out to steal a loaf of bread to feed his family, they'll give him 10 years, but a guy can do white-collar crime and steal the money of thousands and he'll get probation and a slap on the wrist.
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Let's remember, the CIA's job is to go out and create wars.
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Jobs are created in the private sector. Not by the president or the government unless they're government jobs.
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I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.
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I think that when Americans go to vote, states should not list what party the candidates are affiliated with. That would require voters to actually think and get to know a candidate instead of voting for their favorite gang. 'Oh, this guy is a Republican, so he must be good.'
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I would give the people of America to their first opportunity to elect a president who doesn't belong to either party since George Washington.
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You need to hunt something that can shoot back at you to really classify yourself as a hunter. You need to understand the feeling of what it's like to go into the field and know your opposition can take you out.
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I was a few months out of office when the invasion of Iraq took place in March 2003. Had I still been governor, I might have been the only one who opposed it. It had to do with the fact that we were lining up our military against that country as an aggressor and an occupier.
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You're lucky if I watch 10 minutes of wrestling a month. Most of the time, I channel surf, and I lose interest after a few minutes.
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I never believe anything in the world of entertainment until it actually happens and the check clears the bank.
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I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack.
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I'm the only person in the world that, when he holds down two jobs, gets criticized for it; everyone else gets a pat on the back and say, 'What an entrepreneuring, hardworking person,' but apparently that doesn't apply to me.
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If waterboarding's OK, why don't we let our police do it to suspects so we can learn what they know? We only seem to waterboard Muslims... Have we waterboarded anyone else?
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Any party that would put Sarah Palin up on a pedestal will never have my support.
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The news used to be to report facts and allow you to make the decision.
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I like surfing in Mexico a whole lot better than sitting with people in Washington that I don't even like.
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'The David Letterman Show' is a show of comedy.
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Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.
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My children were attacked by the Minnesota media when I was governor.
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I believe that the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin are two of the greatest rock bands ever!
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I've been water-boarded, and I speak from experience, and it's torture.