Lois Frankel Quotes

Lois Frankel

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 16, 1948

We are held up by the radical Muslims as the enemy. So every time we go into one of these countries to do - we think - the right thing, we become propaganda for this radical movement.

Lois Frankel

I am fairly certain that our budget deficit was not caused by children with autism or 90-year-old grannies in nursing homes, so why take it out on them by cutting services?

Lois Frankel

As much as the Congress is criticized - and a lot of it is well deserved - the fact is there are many quiet victories if you keep your head down and know how to maneuver in the process and get things done.

Lois Frankel

We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly.

Lois Frankel

We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative.

Lois Frankel

We must engage with China to try and put as much pressure on North Korea as possible.

Lois Frankel

I always tell people that being the mayor of an urban city for eight years was like getting run over by a truck every day. There's inner satisfaction, but 24 hours a day, every day, I'm on duty.

Lois Frankel

I served 14 years in the state legislature and served in both the minority and majority.

Lois Frankel

I have learned how to take votes where I had to hold my nose because I had to compromise - something that you learn to do, especially when you have been in the minority.

Lois Frankel

When I was a young kid, girls were taught that their role in life was to get married and have children. It was the 1950s. Those were the rules.

Lois Frankel

I think I have a gene in me to always fight for the underdog, which I've done since I was a kid.

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I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism.

Lois Frankel

I ran for Congress in 1992, but I lost the election, and I really dropped the idea of ever serving in Congress. Eventually, I went home and became the mayor of my city, West Palm Beach. I was mayor for eight years.

Lois Frankel