Tony Cardenas Quotes

When you reach across the aisle and open your heart and mind, you might just find that you have more in common than you think with the guy on the other side of the fence.

I am conservative, there's no doubt about it. But you can be conservative and still work with people, and that's what my intentions are.

In a common project, we can bring together well-meaning people from the Left and the Right.

I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

We need to in this country begin again to raise civil discourse to another level. I mean, we shout and scream and yell and get very little accomplished, but you can disagree very much with the next guy and still be friends and acquaintances.

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

I did look for compromise. I worked in a bipartisan way.

I am totally down with disagreement. I don't like Haterade, but disagreement is wonderful. When someone disagrees, we try to reach common ground. That's good.

I think that people have to reward those individuals who are prepared to work across the political aisle. I don't see any other way; if you don't talk to people with whom you disagree, you're never going to solve problems.

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

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

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

It ought not to be beyond the intelligence of even the most hidebound local politician to see the benefits of imaginative compromise.

Believe it or not, one of the things I try to do around here is try to look for opportunities to work with people across the aisle. I know that's not the common narrative. But the truth is if you want to get anything done, that's an absolute requirement.

I am from the Left, but I am happy to work with people from the Right.

We cannot agree on everything but we must agree on the framework.

I have disagreements with some and more agreements with others. But that doesn't mean I cannot listen to those I disagree with.

Being respected by people on both sides of the aisle is really important to me - even in an age when giving a hearing to 'both sides' is considered a smear in some corners.

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

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

I enjoy the debate... I haven't met a single person in Congress yet that I dislike. It's not about moderating your views: it's about being able to talk about them and defending them in a way that's uplifting to people.

I'm willing to meet with anyone, Democrat or Republican, who has a good idea, an open mind and a willingness to come together to tackle the challenges we face.

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.

The one thing I'm convinced George W. Bush is good at is bipartisanship. It's clearly something he enjoys personally.

We can have open and good discussion with our Republican brothers and sisters. But when we walk into the chapel we should leave our political differences out in the parking lot.