George P. Bush Quotes

Activism is a very admirable way to create change, but it has to go hand in hand with personal contact with the people with whom we have opposing points of view; without that, there will never be any movement.

We can't always agree on everything.

I think it's really, really important to grow the consensus and to realize that there is always some value that can be shared with another American, on any issue. Starting from those points of common belief and shared values is very, I think, important to forging the consensus that allows these issues to more forward.

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.

Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.

We aren't going to agree on everything and there will be other areas where we will be working together.

Tact, respect, and generosity toward variant views will always commend themselves to those charged with the duties of legislation so as to achieve a maximum of good will and to require a minimum of unwilling submission to a general law.

By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. But I do believe in bringing people together.

If you are willing to listen and if you are willing to sit around the table, sometimes especially with the people who you think you disagree with the most, it is still really possible to get things done.

There are so many issues, so many opportunities to bring people together who have different perspectives, to develop action plans, and to have a significant impact on those issues.

There's a time for debate and a time for consensus. There's a time for advocacy and time for first principles.

We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.

If you were to ask me what I want to do - I don't want to be a celebrity, I want to make a difference.

Surely, serious problems can't be solved just by talking about them.

Nebraskans have very strong opinions, but we sit down around a table and we solve our problems.

When the youth of America gets together, amazing things happen.

I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.

I feel very strongly that you can't just beat people up anymore; you have to work hand in hand and find ways to compromise, and get big business involved, because it won't happen otherwise.

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president, is to get the people in the room and bang enough heads together and rub enough arms and cajole enough to have them put the country and the state's greater interest ahead of their own personal partisan interest. That's what we did in New Jersey and that's the model for America.

I think there are so many problems in the world today, we have to figure out how to fix them rather than point fingers at each other.

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it's an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

I think we can work through a lot of these issues.