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.
AL FRANKENOur laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
More Al Franken Quotes
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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
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I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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Does the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe.
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When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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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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You can’t change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
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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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Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.
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