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 FRANKENThe Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.
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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building,
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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The Republican agenda is a radical vision in which Medicaid is slashed to the bone – in which we start to balance the budget on the backs of, literally, our most vulnerable citizens.
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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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And if those two other doctors get paid by Big Snack Food, like certain climate deniers get paid by Big Coal, I shouldn’t take their advice.
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My dad was a terrible businessman.
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When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota.
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Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.
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Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.
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The 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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If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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I’m angry at the right wing media. And by that I don’t mean the media is right wing.
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