Russia has a strategy of creating the conditions that give rise to corruption, then exploiting that corruption to its own benefit.
AL FRANKENThe Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone – in which we start to balance the budget on the backs of, literally, our most vulnerable citizens.
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I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility.
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I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
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When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
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This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
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Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’
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The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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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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To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.
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We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.
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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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Our 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.
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