I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.

I believe in the separation of church and state. We all have our own religious beliefs. There are people out there who are atheists, who don't believe at all. . . . They are citizens of Minnesota, and I have to respect that.

If you buy the flag it's yours to burn.

I've been water-boarded, and I speak from experience, and it's torture.

We're the Fascist States of America today, not the United States of America, because the corporations are in power.

I'm a Slovak. And when I was growing up, I believed that I was Czechoslovakian because of what Russia did. They came in and took two separate countries - Slovakia and the Czech Republic - put them together as one.

Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.