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  1. Al Franken _ Al Franken, Giant of the

    Politics is not just about power and money games, politics can be about the improvement of people's lives, about lessening human suffering in our world and bringing about more peace and more justice. -Paul Wellstone {Minnesota Senator, Al Franken predecessor}
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  2. Al Franken _ Oh, the Things I Know!

    Having children is life's greatest joy. But there are some people, and maybe you are one of them, who don't like kids, and consider travel life's greatest joy. You shouldn't have kids. Don't have them.
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  3. Al Franken _ Al Franken, Giant of the

    The people of Minnesota value a politician who believes what he says and says what he believes and votes that way.
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  4. Al Franken _ Al Franken, Giant of the

    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 reasonable political discourse.
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  5. Al Franken _ Al Franken, Giant of the

    I know this seems quaint, but back in 2008, Republicans did not consider "demeaning and degrading women" to be senatorial, let alone presidential.
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  6. Al Franken _ Al Franken, Giant of the

    No whining on the yacht.
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  7. Al Franken _ Al Franken, Giant of the

    As the polls began closing in the East, with states like New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Virginia going for Barack Obama, it was quickly becoming clear that this would be an especially bad night for racists all across the country.
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  8. Al Franken _ Al Franken, Giant of the

    Today's Congress is a polarized, dysfunctional body, rendered helpless by partisanship, more focused on scoring short-term political points than on solving our nation's urgent problems. In short, the Washington of the past decade has been awash in nincompoopery.USS* And that was before Trump.
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  9. Al Franken _ Al Franken, Giant of the

    Campaign contributions don't buy votes. What they buy is access.
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  10. Al Franken _ Al Franken, Giant of the

    I'm not going to write stuff like, "Mitch McConnell and I may disagree, but when we're off the clock, we're the best of friends-sometimes we go to dinner and Mitch will laugh so hard that milk shoots out of his nose." No, I'm not going to be writing clichés like that. Instead,
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  11. Al Franken _ Al Franken, Giant of the

    Virtually everyone in the world believes that climate change is real and is caused by human beings, except Republicans in the United States.
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  12. Al Franken _ Al Franken, Giant of the

    I watched Harry closely as he read the joke and then… burst out laughing. In fact, he started shaking with laughter. It was a surreal moment, sitting nervously with my consultants, watching Harry Reid convulse in hysterics over the idea of Anne Frank playing drums in the attic. Finally, he turned to me. I just shrugged.
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