By best, I mean when I have a real sense of doing the right thing and doing good for people and the connected universe of everybody.
AL FRANKENDuring the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president.
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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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Sometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go.
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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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He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.
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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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Today I will masterbate! Okay, that was a mistake. I should have written “Today I will masterbate–if I want to!
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I’m from the Vietnam generation. I didn’t serve.
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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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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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I believe people have a right to know what’s going on with their information and how it’s collected, how it’s stored and who gets it.
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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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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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I’ve had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot.
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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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Rush Limbaugh is what I call a disinfotainer. He entertains by spreading disinformation.
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All concluded that Russia did in fact interfere in the 2016 election in order to, quote, help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton.
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We need to start by having a conversation about climate change. It would be irresponsible to avoid the issue just because it’s uncomfortable to talk about.
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During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.
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That he armed the Mujahideen, that he armed Saddam, that he armed Iran, that he armed two-thirds of the Axis of Evil, and that he funded terrorists in Central America. He was, in my mind, a terrible president.
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I hope you realize, in a democracy, laughter is assent.
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I might think they use a little bit too much oil; some people might think it’s a little dry. But the problem with al Qaeda is they want to kill us.
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Most Americans don’t think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.
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Medicare was established to secure that promise.
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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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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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I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.
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