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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. (Jesse Ventura)
How come life in prison doesn't mean life? Until it does, we're not ready to do away with the death penalty. Stop thinking in terms of "punishment" for a minute and think in terms of safeguarding innocent people from incorrigible murderers. View quote
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Government's become just a battle of power between the two parties. View quote
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I view the traditional two parties as in some ways very evil. They've become monsters that are out of control. View quote
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I'm not knocking private schools, but I owe it to my kids to let them grow up in a place where private school isn't required. View quote
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So I support waiting periods and training requirements for gun ownership, and I like the idea that it shouldn't be incredibly easy to get guns. I support the right to carry concealed weapons, but I think people who want a concealed-weapons permit need to pass a training and safety course. View quote
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Politicians always like to say "I'm gonna fight crime!" because it makes them sound great and gets them votes. But what can a politician do to fight crime? View quote
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I'd like to clarify my comments about religious people being weak-minded. I didn't mean all religious people. I don't have any problem with the vast majority of religious folks. I count myself among them, more or less. But I believe because it makes sense to me, not because I think it can be proven. View quote
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Prohibiting something doesn't make it go away. View quote
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I'm okay with a professional military during peacetime, but the moment a vote to go to war occurs, the draft should automatically be reinstated. We need to make war as difficult as we can to declare. You've got to bring the war home. View quote
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People are always shocked when they ask me what I plan to do about crime as governor and my answer comes back as "Nothing!" Does the issue of crime need to be addressed? You bet it does. But, just as with many other social issues, I don't think that legislation is the most effective arena in which to fight crime. (Jesse Ventura)
I'm all for gun control, I just define it a little differently. If you can put 2 rounds into the same hole from 25 meters, that's gun control! If you're going to own a gun, you have an obligation to know what you're doing with it. View quote
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We've gotten into the bad habit of overlegislating. View quote
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Over the past few decades, we've gotten into the bad habit of looking to the government to solve every personal and social crisis that comes along. People have really come to misunderstand government's scope. There's only so much it can do. View quote
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Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents. View quote
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I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature. View quote
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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. View quote
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A crime is a crime, regardless of what collar you wear. View quote
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I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Jesse Ventura)
A war is justified if you're willing to send your son. If you're not willing to send your son, how do you send someone else's? View quote
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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. View quote
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I believe in the separation of church and state... We all have our own religious beliefs. View quote
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I live by the golden rule: Treat others as you'd want them to treat you. The religious right wants to tell people how to live. View quote
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