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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.

— Jesse Ventura

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The media today are controlled by the big corporations. It's all about ratings and money.

Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (2008)

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

Given how many convicts awaiting capital punishment have been cleared because of DNA evidence, I no longer support the death penalty.

Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (2008)

Especially at these young ages, I call it brainwashing to make it mandatory to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (2008)

The current use of the National Guard is wrong... These are men who did not sign up to go occupy foreign nations.

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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.

Leon Trotsky The Revolution Betrayed (1936)

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

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