Jesse Ventura Quotes
-
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 think a person who is disabled should be disabled by no act of their own. If you become disabled because of alcoholism, drugs, or things of that nature, I do not think those conditions qualify someone to be called disabled. I think those conditions result from personal decisions.
-
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.
-
Are you familiar with 9/11? Building 7? You know what was in there? All the Enron stuff. I guess that building went down on its own.
-
My position is that it isn't government's job to mandate patriotism. To me, mandating a pledge of allegiance to a government is something Saddam Hussein would do.
-
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.
-
Let me say this: I'm paranoid of the government. They've lost my trust. They've lied to me so many times that I don't know what to believe from them anymore.
-
It seems that elections today are more popularity than they are substantial issues.
-
I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.
-
Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction.
-
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.
-
We're the Fascist States of America today, not the United States of America, because the corporations are in power.
-
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.
-
You can't put civil rights on the ballot.
-
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.
-
My four years as governor, I never met with a lobbyist once, never. Not one lobbyist got in my office.
-
I have metal in my body, so every time I go to an airport, the metal detector goes off.
-
When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.
-
You can't legislate morality.
-
In the last recession, 99 percent of us have lost wealth, but did you know that the top 1 percent increased their wealth five times? It tells you they create recessions so they get wealthier.