I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents.
AL FRANKENThey’re trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they’re worried about declining home values, they’re scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.
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That he armed the Mujahideen, that he armed Saddam, that he armed Iran, that he armed two-thirds of the Axis of Evil, and that he funded terrorists in Central America. He was, in my mind, a terrible president.
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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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There are as many forms of advice as there are colors of the rainbow. Remember that good advice can come from bad people and bad advice from good people.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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By best, I mean when I have a real sense of doing the right thing and doing good for people and the connected universe of everybody.
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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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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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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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I want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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Let’s keep the Internet weird. Let’s keep the Internet free.
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They had developed all these bad habits of being objective and balanced and stuff like that.
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