They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
AL FRANKENIt’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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If Republicans eliminate Medicare, America will become a country in which you can never retire – and once you physically can no longer work, you are desperately poor until you die.
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Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different 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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Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.
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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
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I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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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.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. ‘It’s a job, Al,’ Guy told me. ‘We work at it every day.’
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A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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There’s going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration’s relationship to Russia.
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