Jesse Ventura Quotes

• I love my country, not my government.

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

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• When the Constitution gave us the right to bear arms, it also made us responsible for using them properly. It’s not fair of us as citizens to lean more heavily on one side of that equation than on the other.

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  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.

   

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• 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.

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

   

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

   

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• 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.

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  Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people’s tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me.

   

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• 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.

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• Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.

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  Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.

   

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• Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people’s business.

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• 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.

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• If I wanna be president, I probably can.

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• If I could be reincarnated as a fabric, I would come back as a 38 double-D bra.

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• I’m against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.

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  I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there’s not much I can do about that. But I’m going to be honest. I’m going to continue to speak my mind, and that’s who I am.

   

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• I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I’m finished with my term as governor, I’m going back to the life that’s waiting for me in the private sector.

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• I don’t think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. There’s always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent.

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Jesse Ventura (34)

Birth:	15th July, 1951
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician, Wrestler

About

Jesse Ventura was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is an American politician, former professional wrestler, naval officer, actor, author and television host. He served as the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. He served as Mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, from 1991 to 1995. He was a member of the U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Team during the Vietnam War. After leaving the military, he embarked on a professional wrestling career from 1975-1986. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004. His role in several films include: Predator, The Running Man, Thunderground, Repossessed, Ricochet, Demolition Man, Batman & Robin, and The Drunk. He has written several books include: I ain't got time to bleed, Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (with Dick Russell), American Conspiracies (with Dick Russell), and They Killed Our President (with Dick Russell, David Wayne). He remains politically active and currently hosts a show on Ora TV and on RT America called Off the Grid.

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