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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.
Jesse Ventura
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Jesse Ventura
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 15
Film Actor
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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.
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Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction.
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When I ran for governor, I told all the bikers, You don't need to worry about me bringing in a helmet law. It's your option because you as a motorcycle rider that's your option. It doesn't come with the bike.
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The main thing I despise about America now is driving on the freeways.
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Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.
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The death penalty only should be - if you agree with it, which I don't, only allowed for murder. You have to murder someone to get the death penalty.
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I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.
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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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Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me.
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I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
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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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I'm an Angus King independent.
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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.
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People are going to do stupid things, but you don't take away the freedom because somebody makes a stupid decision.
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The war on drugs is identical to the prohibition of alcohol: all you're doing is making criminals rich and powerful.
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Anyone can run for office. When I ran for Governor of Minnesota, the only requirement was that you had to be a state resident. I believe you had to be over thirty five years old, something like that. That's the way our country was founded. That anyone can run for office. That you're not required to be a lawyer, you're not required to be anything.
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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.
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I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.
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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.
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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.
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