I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you’re sure of what you’re doing and you’re working with allies.
AL FRANKENI think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
More Al Franken Quotes
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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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If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces.
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And the problem with the mainstream media is that it has these other biases that are much more important.
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You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad.
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National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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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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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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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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We lived in a two-bedroom, one-bath house in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. We weren’t rich – but we felt secure.
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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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Unless it’s a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
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Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user’s phone number and home address.
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I think Hell exists on Earth. It’s a psychological state, or it can be a physical state.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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