Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
AL FRANKENIf you control the flow of information, you can control the conversation around important issues. If you can control the conversation, you can change this country.
More Al Franken Quotes
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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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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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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 want to reclaim ‘liberal.’ I’m a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.
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I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement – and our record of having the nation’s highest voter participation.
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Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum.
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At ‘SNL,’ I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in ’95, I could let my own beliefs out.
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I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.
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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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I once asked the most fabulous couple I know, Madonna and Guy Ritchie, how they kept things fresh despite having been married for almost seven months. ‘It’s a job, Al,’ Guy told me. ‘We work at it every day.’
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People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell.
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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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The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.
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I think if you’re going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge deficit.
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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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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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Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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To ask whether the mainstream media has a conservative or liberal bias is like asking whether al-Qaida uses too much oil in their hummus. It’s – I think they might use too much oil in their hummus – but it’s the wrong question.
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And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, ‘Teacher, sue him.’
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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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Liberals like me love America. We just love America in a different way.
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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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Gary Bauer is a very good – he’s a good friend of mine.
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Liberals don’t hate America. We love America more than Ann Coulter does. I love it enough to engage my readers honestly.
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