Al Franken

Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.

— Al Franken

I couldn't think of anything less appealing than molding the minds of tomorrow's leaders.

— Al Franken

I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.

— Al Franken

I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.

— Al Franken

There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.

— Al Franken

It's the Power of the Almighty, the Splendor of Nature, and then you.

— Al Franken

My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.

— Al Franken

Progressives, in a way, are the new conservatives. We want to conserve what we fought to build.

— Al Franken

Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.

— Al Franken

I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like…

— Al Franken

I listen to NPR when I listen to the radio, but I don't listen to the radio that much. You know, I…

— Al Franken

When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a…

— Al Franken

For 35 years, I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren't funny. Some of them weren't…

— Al Franken

The way I see it, I'm not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I'm going to Washington to be…

— Al Franken

I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it,…

— Al Franken

“I also discovered how much I could learn from listening to other people’s stories—even people who at first blush didn’t seem like…

— Al Franken

Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user's phone number and home address, anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars…

— Al Franken

My spiritual life is... sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don't. When I do have access to it, it's…

— Al Franken

The government must give proper weight to both keeping America safe from terrorists and protecting Americans' privacy. But when Americans lack the…

— Al Franken

During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less…

— Al Franken

I'm part of the mushball middle. I consider 'confused' the majority position because, thankfully, most people would rather be uncertain some of…

— Al Franken

“I don’t know why dishonesty has always gotten under my skin. My parents taught me to tell the truth, but come on,…

— Al Franken

“I’ve always believed that it’s possible to discern true statements from false statements, and that it’s critically important to do so, and…

— Al Franken

As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work…

— Al Franken

I'm sure I've devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.

— Al Franken

Let's keep the Internet weird. Let's keep the Internet free.

— Al Franken

“My point is, the Senate is filled not just with lawyers, but with old white men.”

— Al Franken

If you look at terrorists, they really have no sense of humor.

— Al Franken

We need to prepare our kids for a 21st Century economy, and we're not doing it with our schools.

— Al Franken

“Campaign contributions don’t buy votes. What they buy is access.”

— Al Franken

No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.

— Al Franken

Humor and seriousness are not in opposition to each other.

— Al Franken

I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.

— Al Franken

“Unions gave us the forty-hour workweek, the weekend, and the middle class.”

— Al Franken

Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.

— Al Franken

“right wing’s most common techniques—including the deceptive use of statistics.”

— Al Franken

I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam.

— Al Franken

Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.

— Al Franken

It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.

— Al Franken

Service dogs raise their masters' sense of well-being.

— Al Franken