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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 57 quotes by Barney Frank This article is about the former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. For the Independent member of the U.S. Senate with a similar name, see Bernie Sanders. Barnett "Barney" Frank (born March 31, 1940) is an American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (2007–2011) and... Read full biography of Barney Frank → ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 5 Ctrl → But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or... → 0 When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it... → 0 For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it was perfectly reasonable to enact legislation in which... → 0 I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people may like or dislike, and people who physically... → 0 I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but... → 0 Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship. 0 And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer. 0 It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a political problem and not an intellectual one that... → 0 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. 0 Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically. 0 In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms. 0 It wasn't until after I was reelected in 1982 that I thought of myself as a long-term member of Congress. 0 Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there's no hierarchy. 0 ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 5 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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