George J. Mitchell Quotes

I think if you're going to get anything done in the Senate, you have to be on the same sheet of music. If you don't get people on the same sheet of music it comes out pretty horrible.

True bipartisanship isn’t talking about it. It’s delivering it.

Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.

Bipartisanship is “the oil of national government.”

Our country must be strong enough to solve problems, and that means we must learn how to work together again.

Moderation and bipartisan consensus go hand in hand.

We must work together as Americans in a bipartisan fashion.

I have long-since said that working... together and accomplishing things in a bipartisan way doesn't mean compromising your values.

I'm all in favour of talking to other parties, always have been, always will be. I'm a pluralist, talk to them, see what we've got in common, work together, fine.

We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own ... in order to create this common ground.

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that.

If ever there was a time for true bipartisanship, it is today.

I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.

The main purpose of dialogue is to come to an agreement on how the two parties can work together, realize their mutual interests, and avoid conflict as much as possible

We need a lot more respect in this country for compromise…. There is in compromise a lot of integrity, especially political integrity.

This is good government. We have divided government. To make divided government work you can’t ask each other to compromise core principles…. We ask each other to find common ground for the common good.

When you hang the 'bipartisan' tag on something, the perception is that differences have been worked out, and there's a broad agreement that that's the way forward.

One of the ways usually that you build a bipartisan agreement is one side gives up a little, and the other side gives up a little.

I hope you'll find that my campaign was a reflection of how I plan to govern - bringing people together, building coalitions, and finding common ground.

Every one of us in Congress has a responsibility to keep working together and stay focused on what matters.

I'm a huge fan of bipartisanship and working together to get things done.

I'll be reaching across the aisle to find opportunities to work with Democrats on the issues that desperately need to be addressed.

I will do my part every day to work with my colleagues in a bipartisan fashion to unite us, and not divide us.

Even if we don't agree, we should agree to work together.