Disruption never helps your cause. … It just looks like you’re afraid to have rational discussion.
BARNEY FRANKAnd I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
More Barney Frank Quotes
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What’s troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.
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I smoke a cigar or two a day. I did have a brownie once. It made me sleepy.
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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.
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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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I can tell you about health care and also about the financial reform bill. The Barack Obama, the President personally and his administration officials at his direction were very much involved.
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Excessive partisanship is the problem. There has never been a democracy in the history of the world in a polity of any size where you didn’t have political parties. Even sometimes over the objections of the people who started it.
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Ronald Reagan believes in the free market like some people believe in unicorns.
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NATO was a wonderful idea. It was formed in 1949. We are as far away from NATO as NATO was when it was done in time from the presidency of Grover Cleveland.
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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.
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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 living as a terribly inspiring revolutionary platform.
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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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These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis.
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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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Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
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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 involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. – some of the previous supporters reconsidered.
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