Jesse Ventura Quotes

Issues are a problem for politicians most of the time; the reason is that somebody won't like what you say when you start talking issues.

Who knows controversies better than me? The controversies always chase people who are active and decision makers.

We are trying to make politics more open. It became a Ukrainian tradition to make decisions behind closed doors.

People in government and public life are being kicked around at a high rate of speed.

Are people angry with me? Sure, anything you do in your life, people are going to be angry at you.

In this job, you're going to make decisions. You'll say things that some people are going to love them, some people are going to hate them. It's just part of the job.

Members [of Congress] go back now and report on TV. And the local press doesn't have the slightest idea of what you're doing on public policy unless you get caught in a scandal.

With so much power, science will inevitably receive strong criticism. It comes with success. It’s entirely appropriate. Take it as a complement. And get over it.

Democracy requires that those who bear the consequences of decisions have enough knowledge to hold the decision-makers accountable.

I don't want to engage in politics; it's too hot.

Israel doesn't have to hide anything.

We consistently allow politicians to get away with playing identity politics rather than demanding evidence of what they're going to do and how they're going to do it.

No politician can expect to escape criticism for a controversial decision and we have to be robust in justifying what we do.

If you don't like being attacked for your point of view, you shouldn't be in politics in the first place.

If you're doing your job right, some substantial group of people [is] going to be mad at you.

There's always a backlash in everything that you do, but it's not going to stop or change anything. And it's not only an issue in Hollywood.

I'm an easy target because of my political opinions.

Any time you've got both the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, you're not long for the White House.

I think politicians do great things in the world, but I don't think they're the only ones who can. I don't like all the rhetoric and the finger pointing.

Very few people go into politics to be reviled.

You can't be sensitive, because you're going to get criticized. I don't care who you are, you're going to get criticized.

I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.

The president's poking fun at himself over what goes down. I thought it was a good-natured performance. It made him look good. But he certainly doesn't disguise the record on weapons of mass destruction. And you feel like saying to people, Just get over it.

We need to ask our policy makers and those we elect to office who are supposed to make decisions to give us the evidence of the facts that are behind the decisions that we make. We should be skeptical.