Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
BARNEY FRANKLet us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about.
More Barney Frank Quotes
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In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
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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 people pay attention to me when I say the things that I don’t like about what Republicans are saying.
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There is a correlation between people who attack same-sex marriage and have difficulty maintaining their own.
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Take free speech: most of the tough cases on free speech involve very unpleasant people saying very obnoxious things.
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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.
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There was a degree of interventionism in American foreign policy, the notion that we must be the superpower and we have to intervene everywhere, that I think makes no sense.
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The rights of the people who have done terrible things are hard to defend. You have to keep pointing out, the question is the process to determine whether they’ve done the terrible things.
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The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.
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Whenever people are being intellectually dishonest in debate, it is an implicit concession they have lost the fight
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If Bob Barr (conservative republican congressman from Georgia) caught on fire and I was holding a bucket of water, it would be great act of discipline to pour it on him. I would do it, but I’d hate myself in the morning.
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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.
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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.
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I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.
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I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.
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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.
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