My four years as governor, I never met with a lobbyist once, never. Not one lobbyist got in my office.

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 can not hope to arrive at harmony in your life while stirring up disturbances in anothers...

Tell me you like it, Olivia. Say the words. Tell me I'm the only one who can set your body on fire like this.

About the time I told God that He didn't exist, I was desperate for an identity.

The urge to write one's autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

I can't change what has happened in the past, Kaeleigh. I can only promise to make the future better.

Energy markets can be thought of as suffering from appendicitis due to fossil fuel subsidies. They need to be removed for a healthy energy economy.

I'm a huge science fiction fan, and I'm a huge fan of J. Michael Straczynski.

The prison systems in this country actually are exploitative and they are not in any way rehabilitative.

There is only one power and one dictatorship whose organisation is salutary and feasible: it is that collective, invisible dictatorship of those who are allied in the name of our principle.