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'm going to put on my gravestone, 'He never owned a cell phone.'
Mexico has strict gun control. You cannot own a gun in Mexico.
I'm not allowed on FOX, and I'm not allowed on MSNBC.
I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.
Jobs are created in the private sector. Not by the president or the government unless they're government jobs.
Eternal vigilance must be maintained to guard against those who seek to stifle ideas, establish a narrow orthodoxy, and divide our nation along arbitrary lines of race, ethnicity, and religious belief or non-belief.
Wrestling is ballet with violence.
I want to try to become friends with Russia.
I have metal in my body, so every time I go to an airport ,the metal detector goes off.
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.
Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people
Russia has two bases outside of Russia. America has 178 military bases throughout the world. Who's the aggressor?
Students often approached me about state-paid tuition while I was out campaigning. After I explained to them that if the state pays their tuition now, they will pay higher taxes to pay other people's tuition for the rest of their lives, most of them ended up agreeing with me.
I don't want to make promises I can't keep.