I want to try to become friends with Russia.

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.

Why couldn't you turn into a fireball when we were on the same team!

If travel were so inspiring and informing a business...then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers, Pullman porters, and Mormon missionaries.

What the best novels and novelists do is to offer a different way of seeing.

O SON OF MAN! For everything there is a sign. The sign of love is fortitude under My decree and patience under My trials.

Only God can fully satisfy the hungry heart of man.

If your not in it you're out of it.

From my birth I have aspired like the eagle - but unlike the eagle, my wings have failed. . . . Congratulate me then that I have found a fitting scope for my powers.

There are dangers, but only dangers if people don't understand where technology is taking us.

Awareness is ever there. It need not be realized. Open the shutter of the mind, and it will be flooded with light.

I've run my mouth pretty good about my beliefs.