I'm a warrior at heart; I'm an ex-Navy Seal. I'm too old to wage war anymore, and so now I wage it mentally. And so I find politics very stimulating; it's war without guns.

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

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.

anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm.

I feel it is my duty to plod on, while daylight shall last.

The genre of television that I love and watch is so vast. There's not one type of thing I love.

With apologies to all my past boyfriends, I never loved a man the way I loved my old apartment.

Contrology is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit.

Create a good idea and leave it in the darkness; you will then see that people will come with the candles in their hands to find it, because just like the bad, the good has also a special scent!

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Remember that 'plumber in space' is not such a bad setup for a story.

I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.

Is this government of Britain's Isle, and this the royalty of Albion's King?