Top 261 Quotes & Sayings by Jesse Ventura
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Last updated on September 18, 2024.
In my era of wrestling, there were no guaranteed contracts, so it was inherent that you draw the crowd in to make money.
Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.
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.
A crime is a crime, regardless of what collar you wear.
Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.
I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.
We're the Fascist States of America today, not the United States of America, because the corporations are in power.
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.
You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.
If you start studying history closer, you'll find that most all wars are based on false flag operations to get people - to convince the people that they're under attack in some way so that they will support the wars.
Tell the truth because then you don't have to have a good memory.
Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.
I'm a Slovak. And when I was growing up, I believed that I was Czechoslovakian because of what Russia did. They came in and took two separate countries - Slovakia and the Czech Republic - put them together as one.
Liberty is security. Freedom is security.
My father used to always say to me that, you know, if a guy goes out to steal a loaf of bread to feed his family, they'll give him 10 years, but a guy can do white-collar crime and steal the money of thousands and he'll get probation and a slap on the wrist.
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.
When you drink fluoridated water, you're drinking liquid Prozac. You drink enough of it, even though it's a small amount, drink it for decades and decades and what does Prozac do to you? It dumbs you down; it makes you docile.
Barack Obama's large contributor was Goldman Sachs - same thing on the Republican side. If you go to both their conventions, you see the same lobbyists paying off both sides so they win either way.
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.
The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it.
Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more - by making people with disabilities economically productive citizens.
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 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.
In wrestling, my mustache made me look more like a villain. A good mustache can give you the look of the devil.
You have to accept the rule of law, even when it's inconvenient, if you're going to be a country that bides by the rule of law.
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
When you reach a certain age in life, time becomes more important than money, and I think that happens in your 50s.
Mexico has strict gun control. You cannot own a gun in Mexico.
I'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.'
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 love fat people. Every fat person says it's not their fault, that they have gland trouble. You know which gland? The saliva gland.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.
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 don't believe we need the government's help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend.
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've been water-boarded, and I speak from experience, and it's torture.
Republicans are not a political party. It's a mental condition.
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 government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.
Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.
You can't legislate against stupidity.
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.
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 Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to charity.
You can't legislate morality.
I've never been arrested in my life. Never had cuffs put on me, never been charged with a crime, never spent one day in jail.
Wrestling is ballet with violence.
People in this country need to understand when you go to any airport in the United States, you are not protected by the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. They can do anything they want to you, and there is no where you can go to seek redress.
I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.
I believe that the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin are two of the greatest rock bands ever!
After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office.
'The Young and the Restless' is my favorite television show.
Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.
A war is justified if you're willing to send your son. If you're not willing to send your son, then how do you send someone else's?
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.
I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack.
If you're smart enough to go to college, you should be smart and creative enough to pay for it.
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