Quote of The Week

Thomas Kruse tkruse at albatros.cnb.net
Fri Nov 13 06:07:32 PST 1998


From: The Week Online with DRCNet, Issue #67 -- November 13, 1998 A Publication of the Drug Reform Coordination Network

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8. Quote of The Week

"I mean, for goodness sake, we have Stillwater State Penitentiary here and we can't keep drugs out of there, and these people are locked up 24 hours a day. If you're going to fight the war on drugs, you have to fight it on the demand side. And I don't believe that government should be invading the privacy of our own homes, and I also believe that you shouldn't be legislating stupidity. If there are stupid people out there doing stupid things, it's not the government's job to try to make them smarter. We live in a land of freedom. And again, if we can't keep the drugs out of the state penitentiary, how on earth are we going to do it out on the street corner?"

Minnesota Governor-elect Jesse Ventura, 11/8/98,

Meet the Press

Tom Kruse / Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia Tel/Fax: (591-4) 248242 Email: tkruse at albatros.cnb.net



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