Chen Shui-bian Quotes

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

I'm a believer in bipartisanship.

Bipartisanship is “the oil of national government.”

I believe we [americans] are strongest as a nation, when the president and Congress work together.

I hear from everybody, and they say 'Joe, nowhere but in Washington do they think not working together makes sense.' We're not hired to fight.

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

We aren't as divided as we think we are. We're not just Republicans sitting in one corner, and Democrats sitting in the other corner.

Necessity is the mother of bipartisanship.

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

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

We'll get things done together. Democrats, Republicans, independents, we're going to make progress together when I'm president.

We are one America. If we work together across party lines, there's no problem we can't solve and the 21st century will be America's greatest century.

In this House, we may belong to different parties, but we serve one country.

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.

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

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

I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.

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.

Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it.

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.

Where people are trying to split Americans from each other I want there desperately to be bipartisanship.

If I have learned anything from my time in Congress, it is that the only way we are going to solve the big problems our country faces is by working together.

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.

America is a strong and resilient country. And I know we will succeed, if we put aside partisanship and politics and work together as one nation.