Our 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.
AL FRANKENI do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.
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They’re trying to pay for health care and send their kids to college, they’re worried about declining home values, they’re scared for a loved one they have serving in Iraq.
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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He’s helped me out on a couple of occasions when I’ve given speeches to corporations where he’d have a good… He’d give me some good information.
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You can’t change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
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The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers.
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The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans’ privacy.
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I’m crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
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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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Antitrust law isn’t about protecting competing businesses from each other, it’s about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public.
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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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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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My dad didn’t graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year.
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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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He didn’t have a career as such; he was a printing salesman essentially for most of his working life.
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I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.
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We basically had dinner every night while watching the news, and then we’d discuss it with our parents.
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