Jesse Ventura
Jesse Ventura
James George Janos, better known by his stage name Jesse Ventura, is an American former professional wrestler, actor, political commentator, author, naval veteran, conspiracy theorist and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. He was the first and only member of the Reform Party to win a major government position, but later joined the Independence Party of Minnesota...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWrestler
Date of Birth15 July 1951
CityMinneapolis, MN
CountryUnited States of America
I view the United States, today, much like East Berlin. And I'm off the grid. I've tried for 20 years to warn the country about the Democrats and Republicans, and nobody's listening.
You want to know my definition of gun control? Being able to stand there at 25 meters and put two rounds in the same hole. That's gun control.
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.
Anyone can run for office. When I ran for Governor of Minnesota, the only requirement was that you had to be a state resident. I believe you had to be over thirty five years old, something like that. That's the way our country was founded. That anyone can run for office. That you're not required to be a lawyer, you're not required to be anything.
When I ran for governor of Minnesota, I only raised $300,000.
You can have solid third party politics, but the problem is you're all lumped in to all the fringe groups. That's a stereotype that happens.
Marijuana was made illegal because of William Randolph Hearst, the big newspaper guy. He owned thousands of acres of timberland and he didn't want hemp to be used for paper, he wanted to force everyone to buy his trees. And that's why he was the one that spearheaded making it illegal in Washington. Always follow the money, it's done for money purposes.
We're the Fascist States of America today, not the United States of America, because the corporations are in power.
There's nothing glamorous about war at all.
There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government.
'The Young and the Restless' is my favorite television show.
Post-traumatic stress, that's why the soldiers need marijuana, is for their mental health. It makes them feel better so that they don't have the horrors of war in their mind all the time. And the government won't allow them to have it, because it's illegal - federally. It's absurd.
The news used to be to report facts and allow you to make the decision.
The first thing out of Fidel Castro's mouth to me, he looked me right in the eye and said, 'You're a man of great courage.'