When we build a public library, we don't have to pay to get in, but when we build a stadium, we have to pay the owner every time we go to a game.

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.

If I can see pain in your eyes then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes then share with me your smile.

True Happiness doesn't come from Prosperity, Pleasure, and Power, but from PEACE.

If you have to make a daily choice to be in a relationship then you are married to the past, not the person.

Generate happy moments. . . make miracles happen. Love is a miracle too.

A prayerful heart and an obedient heart will learn, very slowly and not without sorrow, to stake everything on God Himself.

The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.

I'm very much a gentleman in what I do.

My job is to tell good stories, convey meanings, invoke emotion as well as I can. I'd rather be doing that than anything else.

Perhaps there cannot be a better way of judging of what manner of spirit we are of, than to see whether the actions of our life are such as we may safely commend them to God in our prayers.