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.
AL FRANKENIf 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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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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Technology is an incredible tool – it connects people to each other.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. – you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong.
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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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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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And terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.
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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.
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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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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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Tend to be people who didn’t take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.
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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
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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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And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
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