Al Franken Quotes - Page 2

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• 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 Franken

  Technology, Law, Expectations

  "Privacy And Civil Liberties In The Digital Age" by Al Franken, www.wired.com. March 2, 2012.

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• 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 the Republican Party, and we're going push that agenda every day, and, as you say, brand these stories that help further the right-wing cause.

  Al Franken

  Party, Wings, Media

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• 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 my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian.

  Al Franken

  Military, College, Careers

  Al Franken (2005). “The Truth (with jokes)”, p.60, Penguin

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• It is my fondest wish that in the fullness of time, the American people will look back on the Franken presidency as something of a mixed bag and not as a complete disaster.

  Al Franken

  People, Wish, Bags

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• I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents, good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.

  Al Franken

  Jobs, Growing Up, Kids

  "Fighting For America’s Middle Class, Netroots Nation 2011" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 23, 2011.

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

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  Splendor, Comedy, Almighty

  "On Being Thankful" by Paul Reiser, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 24, 2005.

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• The institutions that we've built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don't apply to the private sector. The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations. The Freedom of Information Act doesn't apply to Silicon Valley. And you can't impeach Google if it breaks its 'Don't be evil' campaign pledge.

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  Rights, Government, Years

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• The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers - one that would protect Americans' liberty at all times - both in war, and in peace.

  Al Franken

  War, Rights, Liberty

  "Why I Voted Against the National Defense Authorization Act" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2011.

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• When a company is able to establish a dominant market position, consumers lose meaningful choices. You might not like that Facebook shares your political opinions with Politico, but are you really going to delete all the photos, all the posts, all the connections - the presence you’ve spent years establishing on the world’s dominant social network?

  Al Franken

  Meaningful, Political Opinions, Years

  "How Privacy Has Become an Antitrust Issue" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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• We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way. You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad. Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow.

  Al Franken

  Love, Mean, Years

  "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them". Book by Al Franken, 2003.

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

  Al Franken

  Internet

  "Al Franken seeks Net neutrality support at SXSW". Speech, www.cnet.com. March 15, 2011.

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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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  Law, Competition, Competing

  "How Privacy Has Become an Antitrust Issue". Al Franken's speech to the American Bar Association Atnitrust Section, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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• I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.

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  New York, Block, Two

  "Al Franken: Conservative Criticism To Mosque ‘Disgraceful,’ Gingrich Nazi Comparison ‘Offensive’" by Elyse Siegel, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2010.

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• Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.

  Al Franken

  Technology, Practice, Challenges

  "How Privacy Has Become an Antitrust Issue" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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

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  Government, Neutrality, Republican

  "Net Neutrality Is Under Attack... Again" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2011.

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• And I think that being able to make people laugh and write a book that's funny makes the information go down a lot easier and it makes it a lot more fun to read, easier to understand, and often stronger. So there's all kinds of advantages to it.

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  Fun, Book, Writing

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• You know, Lincoln was funny. I don't think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you're funny.

  Al Franken

  Thinking, Firsts, Should

  Interview with Richard Blow, www.motherjones.com. November/December 1996.

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• The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn't understand and couldn't afford.

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  Practice, Becoming, Mortgage

  Sen. Franken Speaks on Senate Floor in Support of Richard Cordray to Head Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, www.gpo.gov. December 7, 2011.

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• 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 grandmothers.

  Al Franken

  Children, Grandmother, Focus

  "As a comic, Al Franken joked about rape, sex robots and Afghan women" by Jake Nevins, www.theguardian.com. November 16, 2017.

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• I believe people have a right to know what's going on with their information and how it's collected, how it's stored and who gets it.

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  Believe, People, Information

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• If you use Facebook - as I do - Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.

  Al Franken

  Unique, Faces, Digital

  "How Privacy Has Become an Antitrust Issue" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2012.

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• 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 feel a deep obligation to the men and women who have risked life and limb on our behalf.

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  Warrior, Men, Iraq

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• If you use a cell phone - as I do - your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.

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  Phones, Cells, Years

  "How Privacy Has Become an Antitrust Issue" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2012.

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• I do have a self-censor; everybody does, or at least most who are not pathological do.

  Al Franken

  Self, Doe

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• If I put myself on the ballot and even 50 people voted for me, it'd be a travesty.

  Al Franken

  People, Ballots, Travesty

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