Barney Frank Quotes


You showed your credentials by being able to talk about all this detail, but a lot of people - including Democrats - got sucked into it. They learned the lingo, but they forgot it had no relation to reality. It was like critics of 'The Three Stooges' debating the right way to squirt seltzer up your nose. They forgot that the whole thing was a little silly. - Barney Frank



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. - Barney Frank



When I spoke to him, the first thing I did was tease him, saying I thought this was a ploy because he wants to run for Congress. It's not anything that's fun to do, sharing with people intimate things about himself, but it's important and unimportant at the same time. It's something important for him to be honest with people, but it doesn't affect how he does his job. - Barney Frank



When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually. - Barney Frank



What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process. - Barney Frank