I do not believe that the federal government should treat adults who choose to smoke marijuana as criminals.
BARNEY FRANKThe problem with the war in Iraq is not so much the intelligence as the stupidity.
More Barney Frank Quotes
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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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They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more outraged that they won’t be able to be outraged anymore.
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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.
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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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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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There is an irony that the most active anti-gay groups are Al-Qaeda and the American Right wing.
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[Democrats] are trying on every front to increase the role of government.
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I wouldn’t want [gay marriage] to go to the United States Supreme Court now because that homophobe Antonin Scalia has too many votes on this current court.
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I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed.
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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They have to convert our agenda into something aggressive. Two guys wanting to be happy together are invading their marriages. Helping a kid who’s getting beaten up in school is promoting homosexuality. If you gave me a million dollars, I wouldn’t know how to promote homosexuality.
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I believe it is a good thing to get rid of Gaddafi. But does America have to do everything?
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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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For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.
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The best antidote to prejudice is reality.
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