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.
Barney FrankI hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed.
Barney FrankMartin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
Barney FrankI 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 Frank