Quote

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

Jesse Ventura

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jesse Ventura
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 15
Film Actor
Peace Activist
Politician
Professional Wrestler
Radio Personality
Sports Commentator
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Jesse The Body Ventura
James George Janos
Directly
Mad
Decided
Running
Government
Accountable
Make
Governor
People
Governors
Accountability

More quotes by Jesse Ventura

Image
Liberty is security. Freedom is security.
Jesse Ventura
Image
The people need to understand that marijuana is an unbelievable plant that has huge medical - it's a medical plant, is the best way to describe it. It has huge benefits for us as people in many, many - so many different ways.
Jesse Ventura
Image
I'm the only person in the world that, when he holds down two jobs, gets criticized for it everyone else gets a pat on the back and say, 'What an entrepreneuring, hardworking person,' but apparently that doesn't apply to me.
Jesse Ventura
Image
The Mexican government understands that when you turn 65, your ability to earn money diminishes. They don't want you kicked out of your house that you've worked your whole life for, no matter what that house is.
Jesse Ventura
Image
The world protested our invasion of Iraq, but the people of America were never made aware of that - through the censorship that goes on here, and believe me it's going on here.
Jesse Ventura
Image
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
Jesse Ventura
Image
Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction.
Jesse Ventura
Image
I'm saying that there's way more to 9/11 than mainstream media and our government have told us.
Jesse Ventura
Image
I never thought I'd be investigating global warming. I believe it's real and that saving the planet is good.
Jesse Ventura
Image
Sarah Palin's a quitter.
Jesse Ventura
Image
That's why you need the war on drugs to put all these pot smokers in prison so that the prisons remain full and the corporations remain profitable. It's a slippery slope.
Jesse Ventura
Image
People are going to do stupid things, but you don't take away the freedom because somebody makes a stupid decision.
Jesse Ventura
Image
Whenever the government says, 'It's time to move on,' that means there's something they don't want you to know about.
Jesse Ventura
Image
Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.
Jesse Ventura
Image
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.
Jesse Ventura
Image
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.
Jesse Ventura
Image
I would give the people of America to their first opportunity to elect a president who doesn't belong to either party since George Washington.
Jesse Ventura
Image
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.
Jesse Ventura
Image
You can grow marijuana, so the government can't tax you and they don't like that, that's why they prohibit it.
Jesse Ventura
Image
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.
Jesse Ventura