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.

Being a comedian, you're under pressure. You have to deal with stress and pressure to perform - to deal with pressure without stress.

I want to reclaim 'liberal.' I'm a liberal, and I think most Americans are liberals.

Minnesotans lost their jobs because the credit rating agencies didn't do the only job they're supposed to have, the only job they had, which is to give accurate, objective ratings to financial products.

I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.

There is - I mean - I found early in life that righteous indignation is a little off-putting, and so I try to couch it with humor.

There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.