American - Politician | May 21, 1951 - 2
National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
Al Franken
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It's hard to have that debate around secret programs authorized by secret legal opinions issued by a secret court. Actually, it's impossible to have that debate.
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I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.
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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.
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I don't consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you're writing well or performing well or doing whatever you do well, there's an element of that that's either God-given, a talent that you're not necessarily responsible for.
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Gary Bauer is a very good - he's a good friend of mine.
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I get satisfaction when I write something I like, when I'm happy with it.
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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.
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I'm sure I've devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.
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I believe in not attacking a country pre-emptively unless you're sure of what you're doing and you're working with allies.
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At 'SNL,' I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in '95, I could let my own beliefs out.
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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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