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.
— Jesse Ventura
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.
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.
Government is connected to everything we do.
If the government mandates anything with a price tag on it, then it ought to fund the project.
Is it government's job to make up for someone's mistakes?
I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.
If I can get on the presidential ballot in all 50 states and be allowed into the debates, I'd not only run, I'd win.
I'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.'
I'm tolerant of all religions... I don't care if someone wants to go out there and worship the bark on a tree.
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.
You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.
I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.
I never thought I'd be investigating global warming. I believe it's real and that saving the planet is good.
I think that when Americans go to vote, states should not list what party the candidates are affiliated with. That would require voters to actually think and get to know a candidate instead of voting for their favorite gang. 'Oh, this guy is a Republican, so he must be good.'
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.
Let's remember, the CIA's job is to go out and create wars.
You can have solid third party politics, but the problem is you're all lumped in to all the fringe groups. That's a stereotype that happens.
Personally, I think Julian Assange is a hero.
There is no right religion, and no one can prove that there is.
Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.
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.
I'm an Angus King independent.
I'm saying 9/11 was to get us into Iraq and get us into Afghanistan.
If waterboarding's OK, why don't we let our police do it to suspects so we can learn what they know? We only seem to waterboard Muslims... Have we waterboarded anyone else?
'The Young and the Restless' is my favorite television show.
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.
Sarah Palin's a quitter.
People don't like politicians.
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.
When you live in Mexico, your houses all have names.
The SuperPACs and the Citizens United ruling that gives corporations a voice in the political process are all bad news. They made it so you can now lie, and the politician being promoted on that lie will not be held responsible for it.
I have metal in my body, so every time I go to an airport, the metal detector goes off.
I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.
Let's face it: WikiLeaks exists because the mainstream media haven't done their job.
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.
I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.
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 love fat people. Every fat person says it's not their fault, that they have gland trouble. You know which gland? The saliva gland.
I've jumped out of an airplane 34 times. I've dove 212 feet under water. I've done a lot of things that defied death.
If Jesus came back today, I think he'd throw up.
Whenever the government says, 'It's time to move on,' that means there's something they don't want you to know about.
I speak my mind. That's who I am.
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.
Any party that would put Sarah Palin up on a pedestal will never have my support.
I believe that the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin are two of the greatest rock bands ever!
Al Gore, you've been a real inspiration. But a lot of other people who preach the global warming gospel aren't out to save the world. They're out to run it.
Get every candidate to wear a NASCAR racing suit when they go debate; this way we can see how their sponsors really are.
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.
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?
