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.
AL FRANKENVeterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
More Al Franken Quotes
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There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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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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Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
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Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.
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All concluded that Russia did in fact interfere in the 2016 election in order to, quote, help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton.
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Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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The Minnesotans I talk to are really concerned about what the future holds for their families.
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I anticipate that Apple’s fingerprint reader will in fact make iPhone 5S owners more likely to secure their smartphones.
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Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
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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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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It’s just hard to get comfortable with Gore.
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Most of us here in the media are what I call infotainers…
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My mom sold real estate and did it part time.
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If you control the flow of information, you can control the conversation around important issues. If you can control the conversation, you can change this country.
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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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No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.
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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay.
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It’s hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it’s like doing country music after hip-hop. I mean, just, the audience doesn’t go from one to the other.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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Sometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go.
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There’s an appeal to the American sense of exceptionalism, that we’re morally superior, as way to not be self-critical. I think that’s a bit dangerous.
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I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.
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