American - Politician | March 31, 1940 -
I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.
Barney Frank
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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.
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I'm antisocial - there's no question about it.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that it's National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles.
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Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about.
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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.
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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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I will tell you, I'm a lousy cook, but I think I'm a pretty good judge of a good meal.
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Well, I don't give it out very often, but I reject the notion that you have to be a practitioner to give good advice.
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I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country.
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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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