If the government mandates anything with a price tag on it, then it ought to fund the project.

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.

When it becomes acceptable to kill another man or woman, childhood dies.” whispered Laurence. “When it becomes acceptable to kill a child…humanity dies.

A term meant to convey a person's inability to make sense of the numbers that run their lives.

If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived.

The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barefaced barbarity, other than concessions and smiles.

If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.

A smile costs nothing in money, time, or effort but it is literally true that it can be of supreme importance in ones life.

A tear today is an investment in a laugh tomorrow.

It is the interplay between our experience and how we respond to it that makes karma devastating or helpfully invigorating.

I play guitar, piano, bass and percussion.

It is a major world power, and today it is an economic and military leader - no doubt about it. That is why America has a strong influence on the situation in the world in general.