Quotes from Jesse Ventura

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'm not allowed on FOX, and I'm not allowed on MSNBC.

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

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

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.

Sarah Palin's a quitter.

When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.

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.

There's nothing glamorous about war at all.

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.

I do not support the third party movement anymore. I now advocate the abolishment of all political parties. We've allowed the parties to take over the government.

Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction.

Governments are run by people. People can be bad.

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

My four years as governor, I never met with a lobbyist once, never. Not one lobbyist got in my office.

In February 2003, I signed a three-year contract with MSNBC to host a talk show. Having recently decided not to run again for governor of Minnesota, I was still a pretty hot commodity. The show was originally scheduled for an hour, four nights a week.

If Jesus came back today, I think he'd throw up.

Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.

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.

I ain't got time to bleed.

When we build a public library, we don't have to pay to get in, but when we build a stadium, we have to pay the owner every time we go to a game.

I have metal in my body, so every time I go to an airport ,the metal detector goes off.

Anything in life has a ying and a yang. It has a good and a bad. And in the case of freedom, well, freedom also gives you the freedom to be stupid.

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.