I love my country, not my government.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

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.

I would rather be uncomfortable with the truth than to be lied to in comfort. That's just my nature.

People are my religion/Because I believe in them.

How it saddens me to see how quickly men turn against each other.

I've always thought that a name says a lot about a person. So naturally, being named Howard, I always wanted to crawl into a hole.

People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.

Being famous is uncomfortable because I grew up very simply. Everything revolved around friends, family, church and sports.

Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.

The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year.

Nothing good was ever learned from eavesdropping, so mind your business and let others mind theirs.

I like that gathering moment where the music is about to begin, that moment right there. It's like jumping out of an airplane. It's that moment when the lights go out and then you're in it.

I've been hearing-impaired, not quite since birth, but I've been wearing hearing aids since I was 13, so I'm very conscious of the difficulty of voice communication.