I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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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It’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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It’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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And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.
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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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The point is that there is tremendous hypocrisy among the Christian right. And I think that Christian voters should start looking at global warming and extreme poverty as a religious issue that speaks to the culture of life.
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My dad was a terrible businessman.
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He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
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I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.
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Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t do something else and also make it sell.
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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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I like the liberal tradition; I like the Hubert Humphrey tradition fighting for civil rights.
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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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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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I’ve been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you’re under pressure.
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If you use Facebook – as I do – Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.
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But adult love means you’re not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be.
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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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Service dogs raise their masters’ sense of well-being.
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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
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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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My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O’Reilly is kind of a bully, and he’s the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground.
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I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone.
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The civil rights movement was very important in my house, and then Vietnam was very important ’cause there were two boys, so I came of age during a very heated political climate.
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Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you’ll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor.
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