Best Barney Frank Quotes
- Ridicule is about the most powerful weapon possible. Most
- Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so. Credibility
- And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer. Chance
- For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress. Deal
- I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental. Advocate
- I will tell you, I'm a lousy cook, but I think I'm a pretty good judge of a good meal. Cook
- Ronald Reagan believes in the free market like some people believe in unicorns. Believe
- For the trustees to turn away from the entirely reasonable request of the students that a hearing-impaired individual be made president of the college is… College
- The best humor is offered up by the stupidity of your opponents. Best
- It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people. Inspirational
- If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee. If you think there was serious ethics violation that ought… Committee
- Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions. Affected
- They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more outraged that they won't be able to be outraged anymore. Able
- Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources which reinforce their opinions and give them the facts that… Activist
- What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process. Defend
- Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship. America
- Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from… Based
- It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as… Bush
- In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms. America
- Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there's no hierarchy. Formal
- This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot. Bill
- Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to help people out of poverty, the political world was essentially… Assumed
- But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden… Approach
- But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be… Actively
- For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which poor people… Assist