Lewis Black Quotes

Have we come to the point where the Democratic Party needs a Republican President?

My Republican compatriots do not feel that people ought to work with Democrats across the aisle—Compromise is a bad word.

I don't enjoy politics. I like to get things done, and I like Republicans and Democrats, and that doesn't always work well.

The Democrats in particular are do-nothing guys.

In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

I'm going to work with Republicans when they do things I agree with and I'm going to fight Republicans when they're doing things that I think are damaging.

Bipartisanship may be abnormal, but it does occur. The challenge is to explain why it occurs at all, and why it never lasts.

President Bush said that he wanted to change the tone in Washington. He has; it has gotten worse.

Democrats generally do not miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

In our political system it’s easier to block action than to act.

The one thing I'm absolutely tired of hearing is 'Republicans reaching across the aisle.' We need to step up and lead, ladies and gentlemen. I'm tired of reaching across the aisle.

While I have worked hard to bring folks to the middle to craft common-sense solutions to the many problems that confront our nation, Washington is mired in gridlock, gamesmanship and constant partisan bickering.

When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent, it's quite obvious that the only way we are going to get something done is if we work together.

Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.

Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.

I see good ideas on the Republican side as well as the Democratic side. You have to return civility and statesmanship to governance. If you don't do that, it doesn't matter what portfolio of issue you're pushing, nothing is going to get done.

I've decided to cut out the part of the speech where I say anything nice about Democrats.

I am angry that the Democrats don't have the ability to explain to Republicans that we should be able to feed people in this country, and that is not socialism.

I would like Obama to be tougher on going up against the Republicans, I don't think he should try to be so moderate.

We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides being members of the 'caustic caucus,' and we can't get anything done.

Unlike the Reagan and Bush Administrations, with but one exception, the Clinton administration failed to reach out to Republicans in creating a new team, and eventually paid a political price.

I was never a fan of Barack Obama's bipartisanship routine.

Everywhere I go - from Main Street to Wall Street - people ask, 'What's happened to our political system? Why can't Washington folks work together?'

What I like about Bain Capital is that we have Republicans, we have Democrats, we have independents; we are a diverse firm in terms of political views. But what we do is we sit down and we try to solve the problems.

Common sense is not all that common in Washington DC.