Barney Frank Quotes

If I only had 12 years left to live, I'd want to live it as a member of Congress because that was the 12 longest years of my life.

I'm not sure I make old bones in parliament. It's an amazing experience to have had but I can't see myself being Mother of the House.

The only way to get anywhere in Congress is to stay there and let seniority take its course.

I was the first Blunt ever elected to anything.

In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.

The history of Hillary Clinton as a five-year senator is to promote Hillary Clinton and not the needs of New Yorkers.

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation.

It is true that I entered parliament at the age of 23, and have now been representing the people of my constituency for over twenty years.

I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.

Look, Orrin Hatch is not a bad guy. But he is an old guy, and he's a lifer politician.

It has been a tremendous privilege to serve the people of Utah during my time in the United States House of Representatives, but my time in the House should not be the sum total of my service.

I have no political ambitions for myself or my children.

My mother was a politician in my formative years.

I've often thought having a politician for a parent must be like having a constantly embarrassing uncle.

My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college.

Once you're in the House for a few terms, it's hard to leave.

Bobby Kennedy is pathetic as a senator.

Charlie Crist has gone through his entire political life with one stump speech - his grandfather polishing shoes.

More than Nixon or any other 20th-century president, Clinton has devoted his life to winning and keeping the presidency.

The traditional path to making a name for yourself in our family is running for elective office, and I couldn't do that because, for one thing, all the really good offices were taken.

My mother once used to be a Congress leader.

None from my family was in politics. I am a first-generation politician.

My stock answer when people ask 'Are you Britain's Barack Obama?' is 'I'm quite happy being Streatham's Chuka Umunna,' and I really mean that.

Our dad was just a congressman for 27 years, and if you live in Washington, D.C., everybody's dad works for the government. We grew up just like everyone else.

I have been blessed, working both at the local level on a community school board, the state assembly, four years in the state senate, and now almost 12 years in the House of Representatives.