The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to charity.

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 way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.

When you choose one way out of many, all the ways you don't take are snuffed out like candles, as if they'd never existed.

The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever.

To love without need or without expectation of restitution, that is how we ought to love.

It isn't hard to find evil in this world. Evil is always more easily imagined than good, somehow.

As we travel to new places we gain new perspectives and renew our thinking.

People want to go out and travel around and meet cool people. I could just go live in Vermont, but is that what I really want?

Poverty is a lot like childbirth - you know it is going to hurt before it happens, but you'll never know how much until you experience it.

[On yoga] Once you've completed a wonderful class, you get a sense of the deepest, purest part of yourself. You feel like you are connected to everybody else in the world.

I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.