Jesse Ventura Quotes
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I say legalize marijuana because we have a chance to leave this world a better place for our children. Marijuana legalization is job creation, tax dollars, something to rejuvenate our pathetic economy. This is a multibillion-dollar industry. This is about jobs; this is about economics; this is about freedom. This is about taking our country back.
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Having been a villain in wrestling, my relationship with the media has always been rocky. They don't view wrestling for what it really is, entertainment.
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Whenever the government says, 'It's time to move on,' that means there's something they don't want you to know about.
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When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.
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I believe Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill John Kennedy. I believe that.
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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.
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When you drink fluoridated water, you're drinking liquid Prozac. You drink enough of it, even though it's a small amount, drink it for decades and decades and what does Prozac do to you? It dumbs you down; it makes you docile.
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I believe very strongly that guns are instruments of death. That's all they're used for; there's no purpose for them other than to kill. I think you have to understand that in order to respect them. I have no fear of my teenage son handling weapons, because he has that respect.
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I'm a Slovak. And when I was growing up, I believed that I was Czechoslovakian because of what Russia did. They came in and took two separate countries - Slovakia and the Czech Republic - put them together as one.
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I don't oppose hunting in any way, shape or form. If that's what you enjoy doing, you are free to do it.
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I'm saying that there's way more to 9/11 than mainstream media and our government have told us.
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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.
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'The David Letterman Show' is a show of comedy.
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There's nothing glamorous about war at all.
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I've never been arrested in my life. Never had cuffs put on me, never been charged with a crime, never spent one day in jail.
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I don't support abortion. I could never participate in one. But I think it would be a mistake to make them illegal again.
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A third-party candidate is never treated equally. They look at you as a novelty, as cannon fodder. 'This is entertaining,' they think, 'but we'll go back to the Democrats and Republicans, because only they can run our government.' Which is baloney.
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We're the Fascist States of America today, not the United States of America, because the corporations are in power.
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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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Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction.
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I thought to myself, 'This is Harvard', You expect Harvard to be this stuffy, arrogant place. But then you get here and see how bright everyone is - what could be better? I loved it.
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War isn't civilized. War is failure. It's the ultimate result of a breakdown in public policy, and soldiers are the machines that handle that breakdown. In warfare, you're taught to do whatever you have to, to stay alive.
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When you live in Mexico, your houses all have names.
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I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.