Government is connected to everything we do.

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.

You write poems with your fingertipsAnd I keep listening to the songs written on my skinBy some distant dream, similar wordsBut the verses never meet...

People are like a pack of dogs sometimes. All right one by one, but together... together they do awful things they don't mean to do.

Always allocate enough time to pursue the things that are of value to you.

Despair is the constant companion of the clown.

Freedom of the press in Britain is freedom to print such of the proprietor's prejudices as the advertisers don't object to.

We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common purpose. I see no reason to stop now.

Fly from the company of the wicked--fly and turn not back.

I don't dislike anybody. I love everybody.

Those who talk of the bible as a monument of English prose are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Christianity.

However formidable a military power you may be, you cannot impose upon a people anything against their will.