A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

Republicans believe the best way to assure prosperity is to generate more jobs. The Democrats believe in more welfare.

I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.

I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.

Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way.

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

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

When you drink fluoridated water, you're drinking liquid Prozac. You drink enough of it, even though it's a small amount, drink it for decades and decades and what does Prozac do to you? It dumbs you down; it makes you docile.

Barack Obama's large contributor was Goldman Sachs - same thing on the Republican side. If you go to both their conventions, you see the same lobbyists paying off both sides so they win either way.

As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local issue. It's the cops' job to tighten down on criminals.

After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office.

There is no right religion, and no one can prove that there is.

Monsanto can do anything they want to you, and put anything they want into your foods. There's nothing you can do about it.

A car is a 2,000 pound projectile that can go 100 miles an hour.

I never believe anything in the world of entertainment until it actually happens and the check clears the bank.

If Jesus came back today, I think he'd throw up.

If waterboarding's OK, why don't we let our police do it to suspects so we can learn what they know? We only seem to waterboard Muslims... Have we waterboarded anyone else?

Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.

If you start studying history closer, you'll find that most all wars are based on false flag operations to get people - to convince the people that they're under attack in some way so that they will support the wars.

You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.

If you work for the federal government, the average salary is $7,000 higher than the private sector. Something's wrong with that, when you're making more money working for the government than you can working in the private sector.