Jesse Ventura Quotes

I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country.

America doesn’t need a third party; it needs a second one.

The way to help this country is to limit Republican power.

I think one of the biggest curses in the U.S. is that we have only two political parties.

If we cannot destroy party, we ought to place every check upon it.

I think the two-party system isn't working for us. And it hasn't worked for us for generations - let's be very, very honest about that.

Some people say we need a third party. I wish we had a second one.

The nature of our two main political parties has changed in the United States.

People don't realize that they're being played by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, but more so by the Democratic Party because the Democratic Party does not want another party in there.

You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.

I am not a pessimist, but I am not an optimist about the future of American democracy.

I believe both parties are sending the wrong kind of people to Washington, D.C.

There aren’t any independents anymore.

There is nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics…

I ran for Congress in 2012 because I had had enough. Enough of career politicians, enough of political gamesmanship, and enough of the lack of leadership in Washington.

I believe in the two-party system.

Representative democracy is in crisis in the United States.

I think the post-Rick-Perry Texas is a Texas that is more competitive between the Democrats and Republicans. I think the Republicans still have a huge advantage, but I think if we're arguing that competition is good for the system, then I think a stronger two-party system in Texas is inevitable, and I think that it will happen.

The thing about American politics, as I've learned, is there is no choice.

Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party.

It's always an uphill battle. You know, I'm a Republican in Maryland. This is the bluest of the blue.

Actually, I believe there are more independents than either Republicans or Democrats, and yet those are the... that is the choice we have on the party ballot.

Of course, the genesis of a good portion of the gridlock in Congress does not reside in Congress itself. Ultimate reform will require each of us, as voters and Americans, to take a long look in the mirror, because in many ways, our representatives in Washington reflect the people who have sent them there.

I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.