Michael Bloomberg Quotes

I believe in pulling together to make the country better right rather than pulling, tearing it apart for partisan reasons. I think the country comes first.

What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.

The best way to unite the country is to have a good national government.

By a Party, With a Party, but for the Country.

In perilous times, country comes before party.

Working in a bipartisan manner, with Congress and the support of the American people, Trump can, in fact, make America great again.

When we put country first, it's amazing that we're going to be able to bring people together instead of dividing America.

Whoever is president, my first priority is the same - as always. I look for what's best for West Virginia and the nation as a whole.

For all the huffing and blowing we get about rugged individualism, the American spirit and the American experiment always have had at their heart the notion that the government is all of us and that, therefore, the government may keep things in trust for all of us.

We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.

In Washington, the translation of E Pluribus Unum has been lost. The belief that we are one nation - united in purpose - caring about and for one another is no longer the practice.

I would argue that the next President, either Bush or Gore, should strike a 'national' posture, exhibiting generosity toward the defeated opponent, but proceeding with determination to implement an agenda.

Democrats believe that government should reflect the sense of community that Americans demonstrated after Katrina - the sense of community that has defined and united America throughout its history.

I strongly believe that every American should always be rooting for our president to do well, no matter which political party that he or she might belong to.

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.

The small elite of federal civil servants and politicians made Confederation work by acting as if the whole country was as virtuous and as they.

I was not elected to serve one party but to serve one nation.

Our Union must he preserved. Partisan feeling must yield to patriotism. I am with you, Mr. President, and God bless you.

We need government to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.

The people of this country come first—not the institutions.

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.

I no longer know of political party, I only know Germans

I demand that all considerations of class, section, and party shall be subordinated to the loftier and more patriotic object which all of us recognize as best for the whole country and its people

It's time to put country ahead of party. It's time to put the next generation ahead of the next election.