You want to know my definition of gun control? Being able to stand there at 25 meters and put two rounds in the same hole. That's gun control.

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.

In a basic sense, the greater the development of each individual the more able, more effective, and less needy of limiting or restricting others she or he will be.

Nothing is unreal as long as you can imagine like a crow

In dividing the light, things are seen. And we notice ourselves.

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

Exercise your right to vote.

Forget about Nobel prizes; they aren't really very important.

I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.

True love is not a potion one person can swallow and another refuse to drink. It happens only when the souls of two join together to form one

You all know I have terminal cancer - and I have a lot of it. But what you may not know is that stress induces its spread and induces its activity. Stress may even bring it on.

We've actually been pretty good on exports. I mean we are exporting 12% of our GDP now roughly.