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 Frank Read Quote
I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country. Barney Frank Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically. Barney Frank Read Quote
This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it’s expensive to boot. Barney Frank Read Quote
I 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 Frank Read Quote
I will tell you, I’m a lousy cook, but I think I’m a pretty good judge of a good meal. Barney Frank Read Quote
