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.
AL FRANKENOur laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a “living” document.
More Al Franken Quotes
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Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way.
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The only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.
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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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There’s plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it’s a serious business.
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Technology is an incredible tool – it connects people to each other.
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There’s an element of that that’s either God-given, a talent that you’re not necessarily responsible for.
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Some of George W. Bush’s friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial.
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I don’t know what happens to you after you die. I’m not banking on there being, like, a heaven.
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The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.
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Net neutrality has been in place since the very beginning of the Internet.
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Let’s not let the government sell us out. Let’s fight for net neutrality.
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If we have George W. Bush as president, we’re going to go back to the kind of policies we had when his father and Ronald Reagan were president.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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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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The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it – politics – was important… that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.
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