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.

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.

The day you yearn greatly for in your life, will never come so easily as you think without great sacrifice.

It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does ?

Unlike every other nation in the world, the United States defines itself as a hypothesis and constitutes itself as an argument.

I tend to like poems that engage me - that is to say, which do not bore me.

No penance can your hard heart find save such as you long since have taught me to endure

There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.

You're much shorter than my mom." "Brat," she said, surprised into a giggle. "That's no way to talk to a vampire." "Bloodsucking brat." "Better" he said.

The moment you enter into the world of words you start falling away from that which is. The more you enter into language, the farther you are away from existence.

The job of the writer and the filmmaker is not to impose his vision on the reality, but to be inspired by the reality and create a vision out of that.

Aggression, like every other part of human behavior we take for granted, is a challenging engineering problem!