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Barney Frank
Barney Frank
American Politician
Born: Mar 31, 1940
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Related authors: Alexander Hamilton Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Benjamin Franklin Bernie Sanders John F. Kerry Nancy Pelosi Robert Kennedy Shirley Chisholm
Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing. Barney Frank
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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 they want to hear. Barney Frank
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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history. Barney Frank
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I will tell you, I'm a lousy cook, but I think I'm a pretty good judge of a good meal. Barney Frank
Good You Judge Will Meal Think Good Meal Tell Pretty Pretty Good Lousy Cook
It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a political problem and not an intellectual one that community action remains so essential. Barney Frank
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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. Barney Frank
System Boot High Long-Term Does Equivalent Yields Crack Legislative Expensive Short-Term Bill Damage
Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship. Barney Frank
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The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that it's National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles. Barney Frank
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I'm a good legislator. I'm a bad some other things. Barney Frank
Good Other Bad Some Legislator Things
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 to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade. Barney Frank
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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 is necessary for maximum efficiency. Barney Frank
Will Healthy System Entirely More Clear Also Untouched Policy Inequality Left Efficiency Than Maximum Public Produce Capitalist Public Policy Socially Necessary
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. Barney Frank
Capitalism Better Decision Perspective Will Power Every Those Economic Share Forced Makers Affected Decisions Who Works
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 were the objects of efforts to assist them. Barney Frank
People Welfare Sense Programs Those Objects Had Perfectly Supported Enact Were Historically Efforts Legislation Which Them Poor Poor People Reasonable Who Many Assist
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 to be looked at, you don't hold it back for retaliatory purposes. Barney Frank
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence. Barney Frank
People Entitled Innocence Presumption
The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people - not only made the tax code more nearly progressive, it preceded one of the most productive economic periods in American life. Barney Frank
Life People Made Increase Progressive More Only Economic Primarily Most Periods Clinton American Tax Tax Code Tax Increase Which American Life Taxes Productive Code Nearly
Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily affected by public policies should have a say in how they are formulated and carried out. Barney Frank
Today People Take For Granted Say Carried Out Take Policies How Affected Very Going Public Should Notion Granted Many Whose Lives
Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of the majority party not to allow that to be discussed. Barney Frank
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What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process. Barney Frank
Ethics Delay Weakening Troubling Process Republicans Defend
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 proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education. Barney Frank
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Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so. Barney Frank
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For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress. Barney Frank
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And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer. Barney Frank
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Well, I don't give it out very often, but I reject the notion that you have to be a practitioner to give good advice. Barney Frank
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I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed, for a variety of - well, for two reasons, being Jewish and being gay back in the late '50s, early '60s - that I would never be elected or anything, but I would participate as an activist. Barney Frank
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I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country. Barney Frank
Gay History Rights First Country Gay Rights Massachusetts Legislature Bill
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