The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important ’cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.
AL FRANKENMinnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.
More Al Franken Quotes
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When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.
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Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.
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You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay.
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The only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.
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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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The way I see it, I’m not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I’m going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
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Russia has a strategy of creating the conditions that give rise to corruption, then exploiting that corruption to its own benefit.
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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
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Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe.
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I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
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People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values.
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