As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local issue. It's the cops' job to tighten down on criminals.

If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

When you elect chicken hawks, chicken hawks take you to war.

If you were to come to Minnesota, I could have you locked up like that. That's power.

I never thought I'd be investigating global warming. I believe it's real and that saving the planet is good.

I'm the only person in the world that, when he holds down two jobs, gets criticized for it; everyone else gets a pat on the back and say, 'What an entrepreneuring, hardworking person,' but apparently that doesn't apply to me.

I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and he wrote the highly controversial antiwar book 'War is a Racket.'