All Al Franken Quotes
- When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation. Building
- When you win an election, what you really win is a chance to go to work for working families who need a voice in Minnesota. Chance
- Why don't we focus on what Afghan women can do? They can cook, bear children and pray. As I recall, that was fine for our… Afghan
- My spiritual life is... sometimes I have access to it and sometimes I don't. When I do have access to it, it's usually a sense… Access
- When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government. They talked about unreasonable… Bedroom
- But in the right-wing media, they do have a right-wing bias. And they also have an agenda. So their agenda is: we're an adjunct of… Adjunct
- The right wing has had a radio apparatus for years and years, so they've had minor leagues - they've had local rightwing guys who've become… Apparatus
- 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 America… Adult
- Armed with nothing more than a Facebook user's phone number and home address, anyone with an Internet connection and a few dollars can obtain personal… Access
- As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a… Ability
- As someone who's spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed and Bethesda, I… Afghanistan
- Call-time has renewed my faith in the need for public financing of elections. 'Call-time' is where I as the candidate, sit in a room with… Apparently
- Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement. All
- Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn't been a satirist or a political satirist who's done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during… Absolute
- During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing… Career
- For 35 years, I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren't funny. Some of them weren't appropriate. Some of… Appropriate
- Google's screen for privacy settings does give you more options for what you share than Apple's does. But it's not a complete list, and people… Apple
- Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow. Love takes attention and work… Actually Understanding
- Harvard's Kennedy School of Government asked me to serve as a fellow at its Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. After my… Asked
- I also focus on Bush and his administration - who do a lot of lying - and how a right-wing media has allowed them to… Able