A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

I love my country, not my government.

When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.

If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

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.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.

Teddy Roosevelt "had relished "every hour" of every day as president. Indeed, (he was) fearing the "dull thud" he would experience upon returning to private life.

If your romance is dying, perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

I proceeded in my national mission, seeking to pave the way for an understanding between His Majesty and the other ruling princes of Arabia.

It's very difficult to ignore humanitarian disasters. The royalties from my albums continue to support my charity work.

Make thy recreation servant to thy business, lest thou become a slave to thy recreation.

To every one [Nature] appears in a form of his own. She hides herself in a thousand names and terms, and is always the same.

In the future, there is no future.

Tho marriage be a lottery in which there are a wondrous many blanks, yet there is one inestimable lot in which the only heaven on earth is written.

“Secretary of State Clinton dared Iran on Monday to let her hold a town-hall meeting in Tehran.” That’s telling ’em. If the ayatollahs had a sense of humor, they’d call her bluff.

The program is a voyage chart, a series of signals, which, like the pilot's radio, provides the basic orienting information required for the trip.