The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
AL FRANKENThe reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it – politics – was important… that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
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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.
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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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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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I think if you’re going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit.
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Minnesotans know the difference between the job of satirist and the job of senator. And so do I.
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We need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
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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’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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And we didn’t need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.
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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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I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician.
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest.
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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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