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. Al Franken Read Quote
Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him. Al Franken Read Quote
In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest. That’s bad news for everyone else – and for our democracy itself. Al Franken Read Quote
Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement. Al Franken Read Quote
People lucky enough to live in the vicinity of an industrial hog farm are, with each breath, made keenly aware of the cause of their declining property values. Al Franken Read Quote
Sometimes if I tell people, ‘I’m afraid that I’m really a fraud,’ or ‘I have a lot of self-doubt,’ they go, ‘Oh, no, you’re kidding.’ I go, ‘No, I’m really honest.’ Al Franken Read Quote
I know that it’s probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw ‘The Killing Fields,’ and I’ve got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck. Al Franken Read Quote
I got interested in politics during the civil rights movement and then Vietnam. Al Franken Read Quote
Having an actual income can expand your romantic horizons toward the more appealing end of the spectrum. Al Franken Read Quote
