“The institutions that we've built up over the years to protect our ind...” — Al Franken Quote

“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.”

“Some of George W. Bush's friends say that Bush believes God called him to be president during these times of trial. But God told me that He/She/It had actually chosen Al Gore by making sure that Gore won the popular vote and, God thought, the Electoral College. 'That worked for everyone else,' God said.”

“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.”

“Service dogs raise their masters' sense of well-being.”

“I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.”

“The erosion of privacy rights under the Fourth Amendment, written to protect us against unreasonable search and seizure, began in earnest under President George W. Bush.”

“In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights.”

“Over the years, so many exceptions and amendments were made to China's one-child policy that it was hard to pinpoint a moment to pronounce it dead.”

“If we don't have the ability to keep and bear arms, then who knows when they are going to decide they want to take the First Amendment away from us, or one of the other amendments.”

“I decided a long time ago that protecting our Second Amendment means doing so across the board, no exceptions.”

“The point is that knowledge of God is not prohibited under the First Amendment.”