“My point is, the Senate is filled not just with lawyers, but with old white men.” — Al Franken Copy Share Image
If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it'd be a travesty. — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.” — Al Franken Copy Share Image
One thing I've noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides. — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him. — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“My point is, the Senate is filled not just with lawyers, but with old white men. Chapter 28 The Angel and the… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
There's going to have to be investigations, and an independent investigation, into the Trump campaign and the Trump administration's relationship to Russia. — Al Franken Copy Share Image
My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home. We basically had dinner every night while watching the… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
We need an investigation, because we don't know what Donald Trump owes Russia. We don't know how many Russian oligarchs have invested… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“I know this seems quaint, but back in 2008, Republicans did not consider "demeaning and degrading women" to be senatorial, let alone presidential.” — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“Anyway, here’s the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz. I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“Mike Mansfield had a saying: “It only takes one senator to make a scene. But it takes more than one to make… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“Today’s Congress is a polarized, dysfunctional body, rendered helpless by partisanship, more focused on scoring short-term political points than on solving our… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T.… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“we senators get recesses, but Senate recesses aren’t really breaks. They’re just periods of time where we’re doing different kinds of work,… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“Politics is not just about power and money games, politics can be about the improvement of people's lives, about lessening human suffering… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“The problem with Ted isn’t that he’s humorless. It isn’t even his truly reprehensible far-right politics. No, the problem with Ted—and the… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“But now we seem to have entered an era where getting caught lying openly and shamelessly, lying in a manner that insults… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I think if you're going to do a movie about Reagan, you do it about the fact that he created the huge… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He's helped me out on a couple of… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I think Clinton fatigue was a real thing. It's just hard to get comfortable with Gore - it was hard for him… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“The people of Minnesota value a politician who believes what he says and says what he believes and votes that way.” — Al Franken Copy Share Image
During the Reagan Administration, Bob Dole was present at a ceremony that included each living ex-president. Looking at a tableau of Ford,… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber. — Al Franken Copy Share Image
I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals. — Al Franken Copy Share
“The Democratic Senator’s Serenity Prayer God Grant Me the Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Legislate The Courage to Legislate the Things I… — Al Franken Copy Share
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… — Al Franken Copy Share
Antitrust law isn't about protecting competing businesses from each other, it's about protecting competition itself on behalf of the public. — Al Franken Copy Share
Putin has had many positive experiences working with Western political leaders whose business interests made them more disposed to deal with Russia. — Al Franken Copy Share
“right wing’s most common techniques—including the deceptive use of statistics.” — Al Franken Copy Share
Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone. — Al Franken Copy Share
I am a Minnesotan, and not just because I root for the Vikings and the Twins. I like the Minnesota-nice sensibility. I like the… — Al Franken Copy Share
My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8,000 a year. My mom sold… — Al Franken Copy Share
“As the polls began closing in the East, with states like New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Virginia going for Barack Obama, it was quickly becoming… — Al Franken Copy Share
Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged. — Al Franken Copy Share
Demagoguery sells. And therefore, radio stations will put it on. But that doesn't mean that you can't do something else and also make it… — Al Franken Copy Share
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