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I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.
I Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)
I want to believe that bin Laden and al-Qaeda were responsible for the 9/11 attacks, but now I have doubts. If they were responsible, I am beginning to think it was not without some knowledge of those impending attacks on our side.
Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (2008)
Some felt I'm not academically qualified, and they're right.
Harvard interview (2004)
Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else.
I Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)
I believe in the separation of church and state... We all have our own religious beliefs. There are people out there who are atheists, who don't believe at all... They are all citizens of Minnesota and I have to respect that.
How come life in prison doesn't mean life? Until it does, we're not ready to do away with the death penalty. Stop thinking in terms of "punishment" for a minute and think in terms of safeguarding innocent people from incorrigible murderers.
I Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)
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 Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)
Having been a villain in wrestling, my relationship with the media has always been rocky. They don't view wrestling for what it really is, entertainment.
Harvard interview (2004)
I'm not disparaging suicides when I call them weak, I'm pointing out that anybody who would consider doing a thing like that needs help. I don't think a normal, mentally healthy person commits suicide.
I Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)
I'm okay with a professional military during peacetime, but the moment a vote to go to war occurs, the draft should automatically be reinstated. We need to make war as difficult as we can to declare. You've got to bring the war home.
Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (2008)
Could someone please tell me how this will affect me? Come on, this is Harvard, folks. I came all the way out here to learn this.
Harvard interview (2004)
I was a few months out of office when the invasion of Iraq took place in March 2003. Had I still been governor, I might have been the only one who opposed it. It had to do with the fact that we were lining up our military against that country as an aggressor and an occupier.
Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (2008)
I started stating that maybe I should run for governor. Well, it caught on like wildfire. I felt I'd boxed myself into a corner—if I didn't attempt to do this, I would lose my credibility. And in the world of talk radio, once that happens, you're finished.
Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (2008)
It's panhandling. . . That's the system we have, though. It's based on bribery.
Harvard interview (2004)
I'm all for gun control, I just define it a little differently. If you can put 2 rounds into the same hole from 25 meters, that's gun control! If you're going to own a gun, you have an obligation to know what you're doing with it.
I Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)
There's a great need in our government right now for honesty. I speak my mind... if I don't know something, I'll say so. Then I'll try to find the answer.
I'd like to work on having every fourth year become a year in which no laws are made, but the old laws are reviewed, updated, or deleted as needed. That way we won't get endless, obsolete laws piling up on the books.
I Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)
I decided to run for governor because I got mad.... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
I Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)
I wish that Canada and Mexico would legalize marijuana, because that would put the United States on an island. You'd have two countries proving, like the city of Amsterdam has, that making drugs legal is not a negative formula, but the best way to deal with the problem. Making something illegal doesn't mean it goes away, it just means criminals are going to run it.
Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (2008)
Over the past few decades, we've gotten into the bad habit of looking to the government to solve every personal and social crisis that comes along. People have really come to misunderstand government's scope. There's only so much it can do.
I Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)