Patty Judge Quotes

Good governance requires working toward common ground. It isn't easy.

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

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

If we can’t agree on the facts, how can we agree on the solutions?

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

Moderation and bipartisan consensus go hand in hand.

Consensus demands communication.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners.

Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results.

Do we have to talk in order to agree or agree in order to talk?

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

Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.

There comes a point, in any kind of, whether it's in your family discussions or business or whatever, where you finally have to get over the making of the points and now let's see if we can find common ground.

I hope it goes beyond meeting with them to a willingness to listen and compromise on issues.

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.

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

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

Encourage a readiness to find consensus.

Compromise, compromise and compromise.

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.

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

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.

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.