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Jesse Ventura
American
Politician
Born:
Jul 15
,
1952
Believe
Government
Me
People
Think
You
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There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
Jesse Ventura
Patriotism
Citizen
Reciting
Pledge
More
Than
Flag
Being
Patriot
Much
Raising
Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief. A patriot shows their their patriotism through their actions, by their choice.
Jesse Ventura
Loyalty
Knowledge
Patriotism
Result
Feeling
Allegiance
Through
Voluntary
Patriot
Choice
Actions
Shows
Belief
My father used to always say to me that, you know, if a guy goes out to steal a loaf of bread to feed his family, they'll give him 10 years, but a guy can do white-collar crime and steal the money of thousands and he'll get probation and a slap on the wrist.
Jesse Ventura
Family
Me
You
Money
Father
Crime
Say
Out
Thousands
Give
Guy
Steal
Wrist
He
Feed
Know
Him
Always
His
Years
Get
Goes
Probation
Bread
Used
White-Collar
Slap
Loaf
The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it.
Jesse Ventura
Best
Nature
Communism
Corrupts
Human Nature
Everybody
Would
Marx
He
Human
Karl
Karl Marx
Figure
Whole
Actually
Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.
Jesse Ventura
Government
You
Worst
Citizens
Apathy
I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.
Jesse Ventura
Truth
Politician
Believe
Telling
Telling The Truth
Could
Never
Because
Career
When you drink fluoridated water, you're drinking liquid Prozac. You drink enough of it, even though it's a small amount, drink it for decades and decades and what does Prozac do to you? It dumbs you down; it makes you docile.
Jesse Ventura
You
Water
Drinking
Down
Enough
Though
Small
Drink
Docile
Makes
Does
Prozac
Decades
Liquid
Even
Amount
Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.
Jesse Ventura
You
Sense Of Humor
Humor
Sense
Those
Head
Stick
Go
Mud
Your
Congratulations
Who
I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and he wrote the highly controversial antiwar book 'War is a Racket.'
Jesse Ventura
War
Book
Marine Corps
Honor
Corps
States
Follow
General
He
Highly
Major
Wrote
Won
Antiwar
Controversial
Racket
Congressional
Teachings
Medals
United
United States
Butler
Two
Marine
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.
Jesse Ventura
Strength
Religion
Business
People
Other
Out
Tells
Sham
Crutch
Stick
Go
Noses
Organized
Organized Religion
Who
Need
Numbers
We call our country home of the brave and land of the free, but it's not. We give a false portrayal of freedom. We're not free - if we were, we'd allow people their freedom.
Jesse Ventura
Home
Freedom
People
Free
Country
Our
Give
Allow
Call
Were
False
Brave
Land
Portrayal
For every day the government is shut down, it should be that we don't have to pay income tax that day because they're not working.
Jesse Ventura
Government
Day
Every Day
Pay
Down
Every
Because
Tax
Should
Working
Income
Income Tax
Shut
I speak my mind. That's who I am.
Jesse Ventura
Speak
Mind
Am
Who
Is it government's job to make up for someone's mistakes?
Jesse Ventura
Government
Job
Mistakes
Someone
Make
Make Up
Up
I think a person who is disabled should be disabled by no act of their own. If you become disabled because of alcoholism, drugs, or things of that nature, I do not think those conditions qualify someone to be called disabled. I think those conditions result from personal decisions.
Jesse Ventura
Nature
You
Result
Become
Own
Think
Those
Someone
Disabled
Qualify
Because
Conditions
Person
Personal
Decisions
Should
Act
Who
Things
If the government mandates anything with a price tag on it, then it ought to fund the project.
Jesse Ventura
Government
Ought
Project
Tag
Price
Mandates
Anything
Then
Fund
Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.
Jesse Ventura
Health
Citizen
Every
Given
Health Insurance
Insurance
Should
My position is that it isn't government's job to mandate patriotism. To me, mandating a pledge of allegiance to a government is something Saddam Hussein would do.
Jesse Ventura
Government
Me
Patriotism
Job
Pledge
Would
Hussein
Allegiance
Something
Saddam
Saddam Hussein
Mandate
Position
WikiLeaks is exposing our government officials for the frauds that they are. They also show us how governments work together to lie to their citizens when they are waging war.
Jesse Ventura
Work
War
Government
Together
Lie
Wikileaks
Our
Frauds
Citizens
Also
How
Waging
Government Officials
Governments
Officials
Work Together
Us
Show
Exposing
You can't put civil rights on the ballot.
Jesse Ventura
You
Rights
Civil
Civil Rights
Put
Ballot
If you start studying history closer, you'll find that most all wars are based on false flag operations to get people - to convince the people that they're under attack in some way so that they will support the wars.
Jesse Ventura
History
You
People
Will
Way
Find
Some
Attack
Support
Studying
Most
Operations
False
Get
Flag
Closer
Convince
Wars
Based
Start
I live in Mexico in the wintertime, and I live off the grid down there.
Jesse Ventura
Down
Live
Wintertime
Off
Mexico
Grid
If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something's wrong with that, when you're making more money working for the government than you can working in the private sector.
Jesse Ventura
Work
Government
You
Money
Sector
Something
More
Higher
Federal
Federal Government
Wrong
Making
Private
Salary
Private Sector
Than
Average
Working
You don't need lawyers making laws. Regular citizens can make laws. Let the lawyers work under the laws.
Jesse Ventura
Work
You
Citizens
Laws
Lawyers
Make
Making
Regular
Need
Once you privatize something, it becomes a for-profit business.
Jesse Ventura
You
Business
Once
Something
Becomes
Privatize
I don't take PAC money. I don't take special interest money.
Jesse Ventura
Money
Take
Interest
Special
Special Interest
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