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.

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.

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.

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

Never let anybody destroy your own ability to create happiness.Its the only thing that will let you succeed when you feel everything else has let you down.Peace and love.

If you can’t discover what’s keeping you in, the will to get out soon becomes confused and ineffectual - "Ishmael

Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God. It is believing that love without reward is valuable.

The cross of the Cruxifixion without the cross of the Resurrection is the symbol of a mutilated Christianity.

At some point I realized that you don't get a full human life if you try to cut off one end of it, that you need to agree to the entire experience, to the full spectrum of what happens.

I will die if I lose you, but I will die if I wait longer.

When your friends have done right by you, you do right by them.

Because I love the taste of meat I am a reluctant but dedicated vegetarian.

The result of a single action may spread like the circles that expand when a stone is thrown into a pond, until they touch places and people unguessed at by the person who threw the stone.

I couldnt change who I am; I couldnt change the kind of player I am.