Brad Henry Quotes

I'm a strong believer in bipartisanship.

Necessity is the mother of bipartisanship.

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

Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.

I'm a believer in bipartisanship.

In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good.

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

In a divided government, you can't just say, 'It's my way or the highway.'

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

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.

Bipartisanship is “the oil of national government.”

Bipartisanship means you work together to work it out.

Sometimes the Senate really does rise above politics. It’s rare, but sometimes it happens.

Republicans - well, we're all part of the same family. We need to have some good disagreements with each other; we need to debate, but in the end, it's all about uniting, not dividing.

We must work together as Americans in a bipartisan fashion.

We owe it to the American people to set aside the areas where our ideology may prevent progress and find common ground where there are plenty of opportunities to produce good results.

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 strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.

Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.

We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.

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.

Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.

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

I think people forget that bipartisanship is really the burden of the victor, not the loser.