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I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.

Jesse Ventura

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Jesse Ventura
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 15
Film Actor
Peace Activist
Politician
Professional Wrestler
Radio Personality
Sports Commentator
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Government is connected to everything we do.
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Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.
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There's no question that we need tougher drunk-driving laws for repeat offenders. We need to take a lesson from European countries where driving isn't a right but a privilege.
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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.
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The news used to be to report facts and allow you to make the decision.
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If you stand for peace in the USA, you're lucky to be alive.
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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.
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I will never stand for a national anthem again. I will turn my back and I will raise a fist.
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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.
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I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.
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I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and he wrote the highly controversial antiwar book 'War is a Racket.'
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I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector.
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Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction.
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Monsanto can do anything they want to you, and put anything they want into your foods. There's nothing you can do about it.
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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.
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The main thing I despise about America now is driving on the freeways.
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You need to hunt something that can shoot back at you to really classify yourself as a hunter. You need to understand the feeling of what it's like to go into the field and know your opposition can take you out.
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