Al Franken on ballot
Al Franken250 quotes“There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.”
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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.
Al FrankenAl Franken And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
Al FrankenAl Franken I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
Al FrankenAl Franken The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
Al FrankenAl Franken If you want a free email service that doesn’t use your words to target ads to you, you’ll have to figure out how to port years and years of Gmail messages somewhere else, which is about as easy as developing your own free email service.
Al FrankenAl Franken I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
Al FrankenAl Franken Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
Al FrankenAl Franken During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
Al FrankenAl Franken I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
Al FrankenAl Franken I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
Al FrankenAl Franken Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
Al FrankenAl Franken Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
Al FrankenAl Franken Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way.
Al FrankenAl Franken If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
Al FrankenAl Franken A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
Al FrankenAl Franken You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad.
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I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots.
Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work – because if they don’t, they won’t be around the next time the ballot box is open.
Abdullah IIAbdullah II If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don’t, they won’t be around the next time the ballot box is open.
Abdullah IIAbdullah II First rule of politics: you can’t win unless you’re on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
Donald RumsfeldDonald Rumsfeld Educate your sons and daughters, send them to school, and show them that beside the cartridge box, the ballot box, and the jury box, you also have the knowledge box.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass The ballot is the only safety.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass I will cut off this right arm of mine before I will ask for the ballot for the Negro and not for the woman.
Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony It is downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government: the ballot.
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