Barney Frank Quotes

In the United States, the political system is a very marginal affair. There are two parties, so-called, but they're really factions of the same party, the Business Party.

Party divisions, whether on the whole operating for good or evil, are things inseparable from free government.

The Democratic and Republican parties, two apparently distinct political entities feeding at the same corporate trough.

Is there anyone... who will maintain that the Party System could have been created by people particularly fond of truth?

In the United States, as elsewhere, there are, and have always been, two parties in politics ... It is remarkable how nearly their positive statements of political doctrine agree, while they differ in almost every possible application of their common principles.

There is nothing I dread so much as a division of the Republic into two great political parties, each arranged under its leader and converting measures in opposition to each other.

The appellation of Aristocrats and Democrats is the true one expressing the essence of all [political] parties.

I've never been a fan of party politics.

No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity.

It is only in Washington where many still have a lingering animosity for the political parties. My friends, we need to get over it.

I agree with George Washington's concern about parties: They become an end in themselves, rather than being committed to helping people improve their lives.

We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party.

The nature of our two main political parties has changed in the United States.

If you are tired of partisanship over patriotism, you need to vote for a change in direction.

I think there's a lot of problems with being a two-party system.

The way to help this country is to limit Republican power.

I wouldn’t be too serious about bipartisanship. It’s a great myth that ought to be fostered. And don’t bring too damn much scholarship to bear on it. You’ll prove it out of existence if you’re not careful.

There can be but two great political parties in this country.

It appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the present day, and on the same question which now divides our own country; that these will continue through all future time; that every one takes his side in favor of the many, or of the few, according to his constitution

Men have differed in opinion and been divided into parties by these opinions from the first origin of societies, and in all governments where they have been permitted freely to think and to speak. The same political parties which now agitate the U.S. have existed through all time.

Lincoln was right about not fooling all the people all of the time. But the Republicans haven't given up trying.

The people are fed up with politics and partisanship.

To abolish all distinctions of party may not be practicable, perhaps not desirable, in a free government

Our two-party system has served us well over the years, but never better than in those times of great challenge when we came together not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans united in a common cause.

There are some in Congress who would rather see their opponents lose than see their country win. That has got to stop…. They must find a way to put country ahead of party.