Barney Frank Quotes

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• 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 getting…
• Regarding homophobia in general, the good news is that there is a lot less of it than there used to be. The bad news is…
• There were a lot of Romneys. There was the Romney who was ; going to be better on gay rights than Ted Kennedy; now there's…
• The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to your congressman but…
• I do not believe that the federal government should treat adults who choose to smoke marijuana as criminals.
• These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis,
• The problem with the war in Iraq is not so much the intelligence as the stupidity.
• Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
• But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't say anything, I think I forfeit my right to have…
• I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people’s rights to get married, join the Army, and earn a…
• I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed, gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
• And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
• But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than…
• Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
• Particularly marijuana, I think is a great hypocrisy. I think frankly it contributes to a good deal of the sense of unfairness you have among…
• I smoke a cigar or two a day. I did have a brownie once. It made me sleepy.
• 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 knots.
• I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people may like or dislike, and people who physically impose themselves…
• Serving in Congress is like having a second shot at high school.
• When I was here there was still a requirement that students had to swim 50 yards to graduate...because Harry Elkins Widener had drowned with the…

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