Quote

The single most important thing you can do politically for gay rights is to come out. Not to write a letter to your congressman but to come out.

Barney Frank

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Barney Frank
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: March 31
Former U.S. Representative
Politician
Bayonne
New Jersey
Barnett Frank
Letters
Single
Rights
Write
Come
Congressman
Important
Politically
Writing
Letter
Thing
Gay

More quotes by Barney Frank

Image
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.
Barney Frank
Image
Whenever people are being intellectually dishonest in debate, it is an implicit concession they have lost the fight
Barney Frank
Image
What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.
Barney Frank
Image
But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered.
Barney Frank
Image
Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.
Barney Frank
Image
These two entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.
Barney Frank
Image
We don't get ourselves dry cleaned.
Barney Frank
Image
Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can’t do anything because they’re tied up in knots.
Barney Frank
Image
I was still closeted, but from the day I decided to run for office, knowing that I was gay, I decided that I would, of course, still be closeted but that I would work very hard for gay rights. It would be totally dishonorable, being gay, not to do that. So I had that as kind of a secondary agenda.
Barney Frank
Image
There is an irony that the most active anti-gay groups are Al-Qaeda and the American Right wing.
Barney Frank
Image
I believe it is a good thing to get rid of Gaddafi. But does America have to do everything?
Barney Frank
Image
But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade.
Barney Frank
Image
The Moral Majority supports legislators who oppose abortions but also oppose child nutrition and day care. From their perspective, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
Barney Frank
Image
The fact that theyre a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that its National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles.
Barney Frank
Image
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.
Barney Frank
Image
Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
Barney Frank
Image
I will tell you, I'm a lousy cook, but I think I'm a pretty good judge of a good meal.
Barney Frank
Image
And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.
Barney Frank
Image
Ridicule is about the most powerful weapon possible.
Barney Frank
Image
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.
Barney Frank