I will never stand for a national anthem again. I will turn my back and I will raise a fist.

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.

How many of us dare not use our time or money or talents as we would, because we realise they are the Lord's, not ours?

Education is realisation of our true potential

You cannot lead an enemy to Heaven, but you can lead a friend even to Hell.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

No writing is a waste of time – no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work. With every sentence you write, you have learned something. It has done you good.

You said they had found the secret of happiness because they had never heard that love can be a sin.

Even monkeys fall out of trees.

The most memorably photos are layered, in good light, and have something really ineresting going on in them. If you can get all three elements into a single frame, now you're talking.

One of the greatest evidences of God's love to those that love him is, to send them afflictions, with grace to bear them.

If you put in the work, put in the time, put in the effort, you're going to reap the benefits.