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 theyโll all die because they won't have 60 votes to allow themselves to leave the building.
Barney FrankI do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating peopleโs rights to get married, join the Army, and earn a living as a terribly inspiring revolutionary platform.
Barney FrankLegislators have a formal set of responsibilities to work together, but there's no hierarchy.
Barney FrankThere were a lot of Romneys. There's the Romney who was going to be better on gay rights than Ted Kennedy; now there's a Romney who checks with Rick Santorum on that issue.
Barney Frank