372 Quotes by Al Franken

Russia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.

We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of concerns that haven’t been addressed and I’d like to stand with them. Also, I’d like to get their views on immigration.

Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?

When you live in New York, one of two things happen – you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.

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

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 sell.

I’m a perfectionist and if I start making changes, I’ll never stop.

But I really think that if we don’t start caring about whether people tell the truth or not, it’s going to be literally impossible to restore anything approaching a reasonable political discourse. Politicians have always shaded the truth. But if you can say something that is provably false, and no one cares, then you can’t have a real debate about anything. I.

The Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to corporations.