Excessive partisanship is the problem. There has never been a democracy in the history of the world in a polity of any size where you didn't have political parties. Even sometimes over the objections of the people who started it. — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can’t do anything because they’re tied up in… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I think there were two criticisms you can make of Donald Trump`s involvement in the Health Care Bill. First of all, there were times… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has done more for getting people to understand the importance of public policy that respond to public needs in an affirmative way… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
They have to convert our agenda into something aggressive. Two guys wanting to be happy together are invading their marriages. Helping a kid who's… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people may like or dislike, and people who physically impose… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would,… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I have done a lot of work for affordable housing, rental housing. I understand the rap on me and other liberals is, oh, we… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
The most active people in the country know different things, and because each one tends to hear mostly and deal mostly with people with… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
