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 FRANKA leader can`t move a country that`s not ready. You can`t make the waves, but when you see them coming, you can help direct them.
More Barney Frank Quotes
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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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In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
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The fact that theyre a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that its National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles.
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These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis.
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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.
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I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed – 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.
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The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.
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In a free society, a large degree of human activity is none of the government’s business. We should make criminal what’s going to hurt other people and other than that we should leave it to people to make their own choices.
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These two entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.
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I don’t think Donald Trump is the right person because I very much disagree with him.
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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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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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The best antidote to prejudice is reality.
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The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio, the left’s on the Internet and they just reinforce one another. They have no sense of reality. I have now one ambition: to retire before it becomes essential to tweet.
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What’s troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.
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