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
In the West everybody recognizes the need for a private sector, pretty much, even the one Socialist group understands this now, and… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I do not believe that the federal government should treat adults who choose to smoke marijuana as criminals. — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender… — 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
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
If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you think there was serious ethics… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that… — 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
The issue is not that morals be applied to public policy, it's that conservatives bring public policy to spheres of our lives… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
I should have voted for the first Iraq war. George Bush did that one very well. I had been skeptical. I was… — 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