Jesse Ventura Government Quotations

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat or a Republican to be successful at governing.

Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.

Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction.

What do we have for veterans? Government-run health care. I understand that. Congressmen and senators... they get five choices of government-run health care. Why should a congressman and senator get anything more than a regular citizen does? Why are they privileged and the rest of us aren't?

I believe to go along to get along is unpatriotic. I believe that agreeing with your government on everything they do is unpatriotic. I believe a patriot stands up and holds your government's feet to the fire. Because if you do that, you will get good government.

Let me say this: I'm paranoid of the government. They've lost my trust. They've lied to me so many times that I don't know what to believe from them anymore.

I don't believe we need the government's help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend.

I do not support the third party movement anymore. I now advocate the abolishment of all political parties. We've allowed the parties to take over the government.

I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.

I don't support communism. I don't like that type of government.

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.

Governments are run by people. People can be bad.

I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.

I'm saying that there's way more to 9/11 than mainstream media and our government have told us.

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.

I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.

I have an idea about voting, how about on every ballot we include "None of the above". People may laugh at that, but what that is, it is a vote of no confidence in your government and I'm willing to bet that in some elections, 'None of the Above' would win. Imagine if you won the election but lost to 'None of the Above'. Wouldn't that make you re-think your positions?

I love my country, not my government.

Is it government's job to make up for someone's mistakes?

Government has no place telling you who to fall in love with and who to marry.

Love is bigger than government.

There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government.

After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office.

Whenever the government says, 'It's time to move on,' that means there's something they don't want you to know about.

Love is by far bigger than the government can ever be.

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

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.

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.

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.

Government cannot be your parent.

Government is connected to everything we do.

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

I'm saying that there's way more to 9/11 than mainstream media and our government have told us.

Jobs are created in the private sector. Not by the president or the government unless they're government jobs.