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The best antidote to prejudice is reality.

Barney Frank

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Barney Frank
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: March 31
Former U.S. Representative
Politician
Bayonne
New Jersey
Barnett Frank
Reality
Best
Antidote
Prejudice

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The problem with the war in Iraq is not so much the intelligence as the stupidity.
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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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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.
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[Democrats] are trying on every front to increase the role of government.
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Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.
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I had always been interested in politics. I had assumed - for two reasons, being Jewish and being gay back in the late '50s, early '60s - that I would never be elected or anything, but I would participate as an activist.
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Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
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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.
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I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.
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I can tell you about health care and also about the financial reform bill. The Barack Obama, the President personally and his administration officials at his direction were very much involved.
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Bush senior used to say that we have more will than wallet. So he urged the country to attack poverty with a thousand points of light, none of which could be eaten.
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The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.
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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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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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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.
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I have this fear that one day there's going to be a fire in the Senate and there are only going to be 57 senators there and they’ll all die because they won't have 60 votes to allow themselves to leave the building.
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I do not believe that the federal government should treat adults who choose to smoke marijuana as criminals.
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We don't get ourselves dry cleaned.
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And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
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And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.
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