creates jobs all over the world, and makes life easier for millions of Americans.
AL FRANKENIt’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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The Internet can only work if it’s a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations.
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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 think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens.
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The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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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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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?
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They’re about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover.
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Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
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Most people would rather be uncertain some of the time than 100% positive all the time – even when they’re wrong.
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Being a comedian, you’re under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform – to deal with pressure without stress.
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Compared to the American public at large, probably a slightly higher percentage of journalists, because of thier enhanced power of discernment, realize they know a gay person or two, and are, therefore, less frightened of them.
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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