Jesse Ventura Quotes

I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.

I don't feel any warmth towards politics. I'm with the forever opposition party.

I think my exact comment was that if Bush won it would be a good time to leave the United States. I'm not necessarily going to leave the United States.

I don't do politics. I just like to laugh.

The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties.

I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am president the less of a party man I seem to become.

I am a Democrat. But I am an independent Democrat.

You see, to me, it doesn't really matter if an elected official has a D or an R behind her name, or his name. I honestly don't give a damn about who belongs to either political party.

I'm not involved in politics any more and they're quite right.

To be honest, in 2012, I was against both candidates, and so I just picked any third party because I thought if more people voted for third parties then they'd have to take third parties seriously.

I am really and truly frightened by the collapse of support for the Republican Party by the young and the educated.

The pure unadulterated disgust of Washington seems to me to be a really good thing.

I don't fancy myself a political commentator. I hate politics. I hate it.

I'm just not political. I have opinions, but there's nothing about the process that has ever interested me. I'm 22, and this is the first interview I've ever done in my life.

I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican.

Populism has had as many incarnations as it has had provocations, but its constant ingredient has been resentment, and hence whininess. Populism does not wax in tranquil times; it is a cathartic response to serious problems. But it always wanes because it never seems serious as a solution.

I don't want to go back into politics - absolutely not.

Cynicism, disgust and apathy are really intelligent responses to the state of American politics.

I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments …

I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.

I don't even know what the issues are. I haven't paid attention to politics in a long time. It's actually not something that I really even enjoy. It's way off my radar.

We think of ourselves as virulently anti-establishment, particularly 'anti-' the permanent political class.

Anger about the wars isn't the only reason voters support Mr. Trump. But his willingness to say what other G.O.P. candidates won't reflects what people like most about him: his complete break with the party elite.

Many people voted for Trump just to say, you know, their 'no' to the system.