Quotes by Jesse Ventura

If youre patriotic, stand up for the Bill of Rights because once they strip your rights from you, you will pay hell to get them back. You will and were in the process of it right now.

Its convenient how everyone who supports waterboarding and torture, or enhanced interrogation techniques as they like to call it, have never experienced it themselves. Yet everyone who has, myself included, are firmly against it.

I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the governments business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.

My attitude when Im in Mexico is I wake up in the morning with nothing to do and I go to bed half done. I dont wear a watch. When I live down there, I do nothing according to time. I eat when Im hungry and go to sleep when Im tired.

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.

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didnt: Go stick your head in the mud.

Wrestling is ballet with violence.

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 peoples business.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.

I dont think I would want the responsibility for enforcing the death penalties. Theres always the inevitable question of whether someone you gave the order to execute might truly have been innocent.

I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldnt interact directly with government.

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.

The first thing out of Fidel Castros mouth to me, he looked me right in the eye and said, Youre a man of great courage.

Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.

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

I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.

My position is that it isnt governments job to mandate patriotism. To me, mandating a pledge of allegiance to a government is something Saddam Hussein would do.

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

Let me say this: Im paranoid of the government. Theyve lost my trust. Theyve lied to me so many times that I dont know what to believe from them anymore.