“The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most co...” — Al Franken Quote

“The Medicare Part D prescription drug bill, which might be the most corrupt piece of legislation in history, was a huge giveaway of taxpayer funds to the big pharmaceutical companies.”

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

“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.”

“Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything - it can stop the Vietnam War, it can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything.”

“The United States, of course, in the late 19th century was extraordinarily corrupt.”

“Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.”