The way I see it, I’m not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I’m going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
AL FRANKENThat 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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When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.
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The important thing about advice is that it is simply that. Advice.
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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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My parents didn’t make a lot of money. My dad was not a high school graduate.
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You know, Lincoln was funny. I don’t think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you’re funny.
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I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.
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It’s the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.
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Teen pregnancy went way down in the ’90s, and 75 percent of it was because of increased use of contraception.
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I want a president who can handle a cream soda.
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Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
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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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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal.
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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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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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Let’s keep the Internet weird. Let’s keep the Internet free.
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