I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
AL FRANKENAnybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
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But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we’re an adjunct of the Republican Party, and we’re going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.
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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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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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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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Google’s screen for privacy settings does give you more options for what you share than Apple’s does. But it’s not a complete list, and people aren’t aware of whether or not that information will go to a third party.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I’m happy with it.
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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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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I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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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.
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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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