It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people. — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan believes in the free market like some people believe in unicorns. — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources which reinforce their opinions and give them… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Going before an audience of people who expect you to be funny is tough. Going before an audience that expect you to… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Take free speech: most of the tough cases on free speech involve very unpleasant people saying very obnoxious things. — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
The rights of the people who have done terrible things are hard to defend. You have to keep pointing out, the question… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily affected by public policies… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
There is a correlation between people who attack same-sex marriage and have difficulty maintaining their own. — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Particularly marijuana, I think is a great hypocrisy. I think frankly it contributes to a good deal of the sense of unfairness… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people - not only made the tax code… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Excessive partisanship is the problem. There has never been a democracy in the history of the world in a polity of any… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my… — 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… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
One of the striking things and Donald Trump is right, he gets no Democratic votes. It's interesting there were Democrats from states… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
In a free society, a large degree of human activity is none of the government's business. We should make criminal what's going… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender,… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I do have things I would like to see adopted on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people: they include the… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
You know, when I was in college, there was a big debate: Do unions raise wages? Well, with regard to industrial unions,… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
We were giving advice for the single-worst idea to come forward from a group that's been rife with them, it would be… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Trying to avert foreclosures, once you can't just force the banks to do it as a condition of getting aid, means that… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Can I say one other thing that's very important? I'm indebted to Donald Trump for a long time, we've had this problem… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Whenever people are being intellectually dishonest in debate, it is an implicit concession they have lost the fight — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
The fact that theyre a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that… — 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… — 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… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
These two entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems,… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the… — 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,… — 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… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
If you care deeply about a cause and you are then engaged on behalf of that cause in an activity that makes… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I am not aware of any specific provision that mandates any tightening of lending to small business other than a requirement that… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
The people who started the American government, the founders of the Constitution, didn't like political parties but they were forced to start… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people’s rights to get married, join the Army,… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people, people who are… — 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
