I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
AL FRANKEN
AL FRANKEN
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Al Franken250 quotes“I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.”
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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.
Al FrankenAl Franken Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
Al FrankenAl Franken I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
Al FrankenAl Franken I’m sure I’ve devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.
Al FrankenAl Franken Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. Call-time is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with my “call-time manager,” and a phone. Then I call people and ask them for money. For hours. Apparently, I’m really good at it.
Al FrankenAl Franken The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.
Al FrankenAl Franken And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that’s funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there’s all kinds of advantages to it.
Al FrankenAl Franken It was hard for him to project who he is, the person people know in private.
Al FrankenAl Franken Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
Al FrankenAl Franken Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.
Al FrankenAl Franken I didn’t realize he meant our nation.
Al FrankenAl Franken Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user’s phone number and home address.
Al FrankenAl Franken All concluded that Russia did in fact interfere in the 2016 election in order to, quote, help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton.
Al FrankenAl Franken In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
Al FrankenAl Franken Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
Al FrankenAl Franken I’m a bit of a shill for the Clinton Administration, which has its perks. I’m invited to all the inaugural balls.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.
Gore VidalGore Vidal The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He’s not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
Rahm EmanuelRahm Emanuel He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
Benjamin DisraeliBenjamin Disraeli The one thing people are the most liberal with, is their advice.
Francois de La RochefoucauldFrancois de La Rochefoucauld Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.
Noam ChomskyNoam Chomsky It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about the human need for liberty, diversity, and free association.
Noam ChomskyNoam Chomsky Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
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