This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
AL FRANKENIt’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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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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My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.
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You have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay.
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Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn’t do the only job they’re supposed to have.
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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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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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Which is why I think any loving, committed couple — gay or straight — should be able to get married.
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I wish I had spent more time at the office and less time in prison.
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Google might be doping the horses.
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Let’s keep the Internet weird. Let’s keep the Internet free.
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It’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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I’m for Israel’s right to exist.
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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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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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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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