Al Franken Quotes

I am honored to be here as co-chair of President Obama's re-election campaign.

I am continuing to explore a run in the Senate from Connecticut, absolutely exploring it. In fact, I would say exploring it intensely.

When I was 27, having never run for office before, I decided to run for Congress.

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'

Every member of my family knows that running for office is a personal decision.

I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for.

I am considering running for Senate, as well as other opportunities.

I'd love to run for office, but it requires such knowledge.

If you want to be a policy maker, run for office.

A political campaign is a movement. It's built around a single candidate. It will evaporate when he or she gets elected.

A congressman serves a two year term. As soon as he gets elected, he has to start attending fund raisers.

We can write the book on how to run a successful write-in campaign for the United States Senate.

I spent almost two years trying to get my father elected president.

Running for Congress isn't something I ever thought I would do.

I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.

I am not a professional politician.

Sometimes running for Congress is a four-year strategy in terms of getting out there and building a network.

If you are a Representative and want to be a Senator, you must be careful not to do anything which might upset the various forces you need to harness to get elected.

But I have made no plans to run for any office right now.

There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your convention speech; two, are the base; three, is the selection of your vice president.

I actually had a dream that one of my friends became president, and I was trying to help out with the campaign. It was pretty good.

I don't think running for office is anything I'm prepared for or could even prepare myself for.

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office.