Quotes from Jesse Ventura

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

There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government.

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist.

In the United States, if you buy a property and you're a good citizen, and you improve that property, what do they do to you? They tax you more. So they penalize you for good behavior.

I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.

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.

I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.

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.

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.

The first thing out of Fidel Castro's mouth to me, he looked me right in the eye and said, 'You're a man of great courage.'

I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

I don't oppose hunting in any way, shape or form. If that's what you enjoy doing, you are free to do it.

Okay, fluoride in the water to help our teeth. Well, shouldn't that be the job of your mom and dad? To teach you how to brush your teeth and use mouth wash? What do we need the government to do it for? Clearly, what a scam. Fluoride in the water.

I've jumped out of an airplane 34 times. I've dove 212 feet under water. I've done a lot of things that defied death.

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.

I never believe anything in the world of entertainment until it actually happens and the check clears the bank.

Government is connected to everything we do.

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?

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.

My attitude when I'm in Mexico is I wake up in the morning with nothing to do and I go to bed half done. I don't wear a watch. When I live down there, I do nothing according to time. I eat when I'm hungry and go to sleep when I'm tired.

People don't like politicians.

We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom.

A car is a 2,000 pound projectile that can go 100 miles an hour.