167 Quotes by Barney Frank

What’s troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

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.

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.

The issue is not that morals be applied to public policy, it’s that conservatives bring public policy to spheres of our lives where it should not enter.

Legislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there’s no hierarchy.