Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
AL FRANKENIt’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
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There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.
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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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creates jobs all over the world, and makes life easier for millions of Americans.
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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos, all the posts, all the connections – the presence you’ve spent years establishing on the world’s dominant social network?
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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
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Most Americans don’t think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.
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But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the Electoral College. ‘That worked for everyone else,’ God said.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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