Quotes from Jesse Ventura

You can't legislate morality.

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

I don't support communism. I don't like that type of government.

In a free society, how can you commit a crime against yourself?

How can you send somebody else's kid to war if you won't send your own?

Our military doesn't defend our American people. Our military is the strong-arm muscle of corporations.

When you live in Mexico, your houses all have names.

We're the Fascist States of America today, not the United States of America, because the corporations are in power.

I think they should let gays in the military because we are the United States of America. And if a gay person wants to serve his or her country, why should they not be allowed to?

I believe to go along to get along is unpatriotic. I believe that agreeing with your government on everything they do is unpatriotic. I believe a patriot stands up and holds your government's feet to the fire. Because if you do that, you will get good government.

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

If you want to stop illegal immigration, you have to make it so that - so that the people that hire the illegal immigrants will not be in a position to hire them.

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.

WikiLeaks is exposing our government officials for the frauds that they are. They also show us how governments work together to lie to their citizens when they are waging war.

You don't need lawyers making laws. Regular citizens can make laws. Let the lawyers work under the laws.

I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat or a Republican to be successful at governing.

Mexico has strict gun control. You cannot own a gun in Mexico.

There are lots of people out there who think they know the truth about God and religion, but does anybody really know for sure? That's why the founding fathers built freedom of religious belief into the structure of this nation, so that everybody could make up their minds for themselves.

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.

You can't legislate against stupidity.

It seems that elections today are more popularity than they are substantial issues.

Seat belts come with a car so therefore you should be required to use them, but a helmet does not come with the bike.

What do we have for veterans? Government-run health care. I understand that. Congressmen and senators... they get five choices of government-run health care. Why should a congressman and senator get anything more than a regular citizen does? Why are they privileged and the rest of us aren't?

Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else.