The way I see it, I’m not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I’m going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
AL FRANKENRalph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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There’s going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration’s relationship to Russia.
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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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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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There is – I mean – I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.
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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose.
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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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I feel a deep obligation to the men and women who have risked life and limb on our behalf.
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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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We need to be pro-science; we have to go back to science.
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Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they’ve had minor leagues.
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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
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I don’t think I’m an angry person. I think I’m a person who’s angry. I’m angry at the Bush administration;
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When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
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Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
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Progressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build.
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As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse.
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There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
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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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It’s not preppies, cause I’m a preppie myself. I just don’t like homosexuals. If you ask me, they’re all homosexuals in the Pudding. Hey, I was glad when that Pudding homosexual got killed in Philadelphia.
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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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