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.
AL FRANKENDoes the mainstream media have a liberal bias? On a couple of things, maybe.
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Why don’t we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children, and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our grandmothers.
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We know that the Russian’s interfered in our election and they did it to benefit President Trump. The intelligence agencies confirmed that.
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My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so magnificent, that there had to be something behind it all.
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I mean, there is a part of the media that’s not the mainstream media. That’s Fox, that is ‘The Wall Street Journal’ editorial page.
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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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We need an investigation, because we don’t know what Donald Trump owes Russia.
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When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices.
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During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that.
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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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Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn’t been any radio that did that. And so they weren’t trained.
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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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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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There’s no comparison between NPR and the propaganda that you hear from Rush or from Sean Hannity.
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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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