“I had people coming up and telling me they hadn't voted in twenty-five years, but they were turning out for me on Tuesday. I still see the face of this kid who approached me in the little town of Willmar. "Jesse," he said, "you are us."”

—  Jesse Ventura

Source: Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (2008), Ch. 1 (p. 19)

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