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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More Al Franken Quotes
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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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If you control the flow of information, you can control the conversation around important issues. If you can control the conversation, you can change this country.
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When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way.
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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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I’m sure I’ve devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.
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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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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.
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It’s hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it’s impossible to have that debate.
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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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The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.
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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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