Al Franken on assent
Al Franken250 quotes“I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.”
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
Al FrankenAl Franken He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
Al FrankenAl Franken If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces.
Al FrankenAl Franken During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
Al FrankenAl Franken There’s no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity.
Al FrankenAl Franken I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
Al FrankenAl Franken I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
Al FrankenAl Franken Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
Al FrankenAl Franken My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
Al FrankenAl Franken It’s really building Air America that I’m focused on, and for me, that almost only means doing a good show.
Al FrankenAl Franken I mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
Al FrankenAl Franken Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
Al FrankenAl Franken Looking at a tableau of Ford, Carter and Nixon, Dole said, ‘There they are: Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Evil.’
Al FrankenAl Franken As someone who’s spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda,
Al FrankenAl Franken I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
Al FrankenAl Franken What you see on the campaign trail is me. It’s easy being me.
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