# Jesse Ventura - Quotes: 39 - Author page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura ## Books - [I Ain't Got Time to Bleed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed.md) — 39 quotes ## Recently added quotes > Develop high expectations. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/develop-high-expectations.md) > I view the traditional two parties as in some ways very evil. They've become monsters that are out of control. The two parties don't have in mind what's best for Minnesota. The only things that are important to them are their own agendas and their pork. Government's become just a battle of power between the two parties. But now that Minnesota has a governor who truly comes from the private sector, a lot of light's going to be shed on how the system is unfair to people outside the two parties. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/i-view-the.md) > I don't believe we need the government's help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend. > > 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. As the cliché says, "I don't want Democrats in the boardroom and I don't want Republicans in the bedroom." [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/i-dont-believe.md) > I'd like to work on having every fourth year become a year in which no laws are made, but the old laws are reviewed, updated, or deleted as needed. That way we won't get endless, obsolete laws piling up on the books. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/id-like-to-work.md) > I believe I was destined to become mayor of Brooklyn Park. And maybe, by fulfilling that destiny to become mayor, I sealed my destiny to become governor. I hope I'm not destined to become president. I don't say that with arrogance — it's only that everything seemed to fall so easily into place in both of my other races. But I truly wanted to be mayor and governor — I don't want the presidency. I'll never say never, because you never know what will happen. But 99% of me says no. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/i-believe-i-was.md) > I'm all for gun control, I just define it a little differently. If you can put 2 rounds into the same hole from 25 meters, that's gun control! If you're going to own a gun, you have an obligation to know what you're doing with it. When the Constitution gave us the right to bear arms, it also made us responsible for using them properly. It's not fair of us as citizens to lean more heavily on one side of that equation than on the other. > > So I support waiting periods and training requirements for gun ownership, and I like the idea that it shouldn't be incredibly easy to get guns. I support the right to carry concealed weapons, but I think people who want a concealed-weapons permit need to pass a training and safety course. The Constitution calls for a "well-regulated militia." In other words, you need to know how to use your weapon, and practice with it. > > Where I draw the line is at gun registration. A law that says that everybody who owns a gun has to be on record is too easy to abuse. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/im-all-for.md) > The best chance disabled students have for productive adult lives comes from being mainstreamed among other students. My daughter Jade is living proof of that. She has a disability, but we have made sure that she has gotten the same kind of exposure as other kids her age. There are a few exceptions; there are students whose special needs are such that mainstreaming won't work for them. But in the majority of cases, mainstreaming should be supported, encouraged, and facilitated for disabled students. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/the-best-chance.md) > I'm not knocking private schools, but I owe it to my kids to let them grow up in a place where private school isn't required. They're only in school 6-8 hours a day; they have to live in their neighborhood 24 hours a day. I didn't want them growing up in a place where anybody with the means had abandoned their public schools. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/im-not-knocking.md) > There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government. 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. > > The government is not a parent. We can't expect the government to always be there, ready to bail us out. When we make decisions in life, we have to be willing to live with the consequences. We can't expect the government to help us get back on our feet every time we make a bad decision. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/there-are-a-lot.md) > Even while I was a Navy SEAL, I participated in the 1970s peace movement. I marched at peace rallies. I admit it wasn't so much because of my great love of peace as it was because of my great love of female companionship. To the women in the movement, I was the poor beleaguered victim of the system, sent off against his will to fight this horrible war. They didn't realize that the navy had no draft! [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/even-while-i-was.md) > I'm not disparaging suicides when I call them weak, I'm pointing out that anybody who would consider doing a thing like that needs help. I don't think a normal, mentally healthy person commits suicide. Of course, there are exceptions; people who are terminally ill are a different issue. But in the vast majority of cases, suicide is a tragedy that does unbelievable damage to the family and friends the suicide leaves behind. You don't want to encourage people to do such a thing. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jesse-ventura/i-aint-got-time-to-bleed/im-not-disparaging.md) > I decided to run for governor because I got mad.... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people. 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