What’s troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.
BARNEY FRANKCapitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
More Barney Frank Quotes
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The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.
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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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There is a correlation between people who attack same-sex marriage and have difficulty maintaining their own.
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While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration.
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There are no moderate Republicans left, with the exception of a few who would vote with us when it doesn’t make any difference,” Frank said. “It’s the most rigid ideological party since before the Civil War. … The bumper sticker I’m going to have printed up for Democrats this year is, ‘We’re not perfect, but they’re nuts.’
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Going before an audience of people who expect you to be funny is tough. Going before an audience that expect you to be boring, and then being a little funny, is much easier. I prefer easier.
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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.
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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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And unless you think there is a serious chance you’re going to jail, don’t listen to your lawyer.
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For the trustees to turn away from the entirely reasonable request of the students that a hearing-impaired individual be made president of the college is a very unfortunate expression of insensitivity.
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Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there’s no hierarchy.
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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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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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A 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.
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These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis.
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